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   Cat Hicks (grimalkina@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-May-2026 13:26:32 JST Cat Hicks

   RE: https://mastodon.social/@jilleduffy/116593522913243021

   Setting aside whether one thinks AI is successfully automating, I disagree with this argument because automating "the mindless parts of work" has generally been really good for people. Look at studies of factory workers: those tasks are murder on your executive functioning, are very draining, and you have to be vigilant to do highly repetitive "mindless" work. It is really terrible for people and generally speaking we like complex knowledge work far more

   I agree about taking breaks being good

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 18-May-2026 13:26:32 JST Paul Cantrell

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     Yeah, I’ve heard far more often what is roughly the opposite argument — “I wanted a robot to do the dishes for me so I could make art, not a robot to make the art for me” — and that feels like it resonates more