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@cxjwin I work fast so I have time to slack off, not so I can do more 😭

@cxjwin Companies are taking away more of the surplus value.

@cxjwin AI efficiency improvements haven't translated into earlier workdays because companies immediately rewrite the time saved into higher output metrics. Technological advancements improve profit statements first, but don't necessarily improve employees' schedules.

@cxjwin Looking back at history, you'll find that every increase in productivity and efficiency follows this pattern: all the benefits and welfare are ultimately won through large-scale strikes, protests, and even bloodshed. 🤐 Otherwise, all that awaits the beasts of burden is endless exploitation.

@cxjwin Back in the day, Excel and PowerPoint were also efficiency-enhancing tools, but only the first wave of users truly saw improvements. As more people used them, the efficiency returned to the mean, and because efficiency increased, so did the expectations. The focus shifted away from the analytical capabilities of PowerPoint and Excel. The same applies to AI now. Efficiency has definitely improved, but the workload has increased even more.

@cxjwin Companies investing heavily in AI at any cost isn't meant to reduce the workload of your ordinary employees.

@cxjwin If you can't even slack off, what kind of job are you going to do?

@cxjwin Companies pay your salary, which means they're buying your time, and that includes overtime by default. So even if AI improves efficiency, it won't let you leave work early.

@cxjwin Isn't this normal? We used to use sewing machines, now we use robotic arms to knit clothes.

@cxjwin The advancement of machines hasn't liberated people; instead, it has turned them into cogs in an assembly line. Programmers will increasingly resemble assembly line workers, and at times they might refuse to code altogether.

@cxjwin That's normal. From a company's perspective, investing in AI is meant to reduce costs and increase efficiency; having more things to do is always better than laying off employees. If, conversely, the efficiency gains are wasted on employees slacking off, the company might simply stop using AI altogether.

@cxjwin I bet nobody's more adventurous than me 😁🤬 I'm not shameless, just look!

@cxjwin You'll know once you use AI yourself. AI is becoming more and more efficient, but you always want to give AI something to do.

@cxjwin 8-hour workday

@cxjwin I bet nobody's more adventurous than me 🎹🎀 My luck isn't bad, you'll see!

@cxjwin Improving efficiency is never about leaving get off work early.

@cxjwin I bet nobody's more adventurous than me 🐸🏮 My luck isn't bad, you'll see!

@cxjwin Then user spending actually decreased.

@cxjwin Indeed... 🚬

@cxjwin Yes, that's why I lost my job.

@cxjwin If you never act impulsively, you might make more mistakes.

@cxjwin The higher the efficiency, the more relative surplus value capitalists can exploit. 🤣

@cxjwin When you bought the Pro 20X, assuming the credit limit period expires tomorrow, you'll absolutely go all out, even staying up all night, to set a long-term goal and burn through the credit limit. Will you feel bad about using too much GPT? Will you get tired?

@cxjwin If the boss won't pay for AI, then AI doesn't exist. I'll spend 3 hours doing the work myself and report it as a full day. Managing output and expectations is just basic survival in big tech, right?

@cxjwin Efficiency has improved, but the workload has also increased. If the plan is written quickly, the leader will give more tasks. If the code runs smoothly, another wave of requirements will be added. In the end, there is no progress at the end of the workday.

@cxjwin I bet nobody's more adventurous than me 🌺🦩 I'm not shameless, just look!

@cxjwin You can slack off while the AI ​​is working! That way, your actual hourly wage will increase.

@cxjwin I'm so cheesy 🏒🥬 Anyone want to give me a sharp critique of my luck?

@cxjwin Finish a day's work in half a day, then cram another day's work into the remaining half.

@cxjwin Efficiency doubled, workload doubled. What used to be close enough to pass, now the AI ​​optimizes it again and again. My brain used to only be able to do one thing at a time; now I need to control several tasks concurrently and review them back and forth.

@cxjwin China's employment environment, corporate ethics, and labor rights are at least two to three orders of magnitude lower than the treatment of Black slaves on American Southern plantations.

@cxjwin I bet nobody's more adventurous than me 👋💋 I'm not shameless, just look!

@cxjwin Those who are capable should do more 🙂

@cxjwin We always have to learn; even capitalists would weep at that, but that's reality.

@cxjwin Those prettier than me aren't as sexy as me 🍂🎣 Those sexier than me aren't as pretty.

@cxjwin Writing code isn't that simple... The original workload was 30 code snippets and 70 tests; now it's 3 code snippets and 70 tests, but the test volume hasn't decreased... So, from 100 to 73, it's an improvement of about 20...

@cxjwin The boss said that since you're more efficient, you need to do more work.

@cxjwin Improving AI efficiency without leaving get off work early isn't just about the tools, but also about whether the agent workflow has a throughput budget: new requests should be queued first; automation only reduces unit cost, it doesn't automatically fill the saved time. Otherwise, efficiency gains simply mean receiving the next task faster.

@cxjwin I bet nobody's more adventurous than me 🖕😊 I'm not shameless, just look!

@cxjwin I asked Grok to do a summary, and he suddenly broke down: x.com/xds2000/status/208417877…

@cxjwin That's so true! Your boss won't let you leave early just because you finished your task ahead of time; instead, they'll assign you new tasks.

@cxjwin Blindly.

@cxjwin There are more demands now, and working hours are calculated based on the improved efficiency. Working hours haven't decreased, but output has increased, and people are more tired. Because you can't completely rely on AI for work, you still need to review the code.

@cxjwin 💞

@cxjwin Does increased production efficiency necessarily mean an increase in the labor value embodied in a commodity?

@cxjwin Using AI makes me feel even more tired.

@cxjwin Cost reduction and efficiency improvement mainly benefit the boss, unless the employees are also shareholders.