>Arizona-based startup AskRadar.ai sells Maxwell, which leverages ChatGPT and its own software to take the emotional temperature of a workforce in Slack channels—if we’re generally happy or hate our jobs. Maxwell anonymizes the data and only analyzes public channels, Chief Executive Nils Bunde says.
This is a terrible idea but unsurprising. Expect neurodivergent and other people who don’t meet the AI’s definition of sufficiently performative of happiness to be punished.
If you want to read what this is leads to, see: “We have been harmonized : life in China's surveillance state“ [0]
Really strange how so many people have no common sense about how public available online-communication is. I've seen people complaining in broad public on social networks, and claiming it's safe, because they only have so few followers, so their boss will never see it... Big surprise when they were still warned or even fired over their rants when somehow it still found their way to their boss.
And this article seems to be about company-owned channels, which is even worse, because everyone should understand how not safe those spaces are for rants about the company of co-workers/bosses.
Counterpoint: if you hate your job, talk shit about it on Slack, get fired, get severance. (the alternative being quitting and not getting any severance)
There’s Blind. It tends to be toxic but I’ve also seen actually helpful advice for my company’s board. This article is really just saying don’t talk shit on Slack which seems like basic common sense.
I’d add that if you’re going to talk shit online, don’t use a device with your company’s MDM on it.
This article is about Slack and the like, which has replaced much of the communication that people do at work. So, it is necessary to complain about work “online” if one wants to complain at all.
Why do people find it necessary to complain about work in a public setting? Complaining about work is a thing to do with your friends, certainly not publicly and absolutely not in work fora (Slack or otherwise).
FTA:
>Arizona-based startup AskRadar.ai sells Maxwell, which leverages ChatGPT and its own software to take the emotional temperature of a workforce in Slack channels—if we’re generally happy or hate our jobs. Maxwell anonymizes the data and only analyzes public channels, Chief Executive Nils Bunde says.
This is a terrible idea but unsurprising. Expect neurodivergent and other people who don’t meet the AI’s definition of sufficiently performative of happiness to be punished.
If you want to read what this is leads to, see: “We have been harmonized : life in China's surveillance state“ [0]
[0] https://search.worldcat.org/title/1148138970
Yes, and this will lead to "sufficiently productive". And when that happens, employees will have a new game to play with their employers.
Really strange how so many people have no common sense about how public available online-communication is. I've seen people complaining in broad public on social networks, and claiming it's safe, because they only have so few followers, so their boss will never see it... Big surprise when they were still warned or even fired over their rants when somehow it still found their way to their boss.
And this article seems to be about company-owned channels, which is even worse, because everyone should understand how not safe those spaces are for rants about the company of co-workers/bosses.
Counterpoint: if you hate your job, talk shit about it on Slack, get fired, get severance. (the alternative being quitting and not getting any severance)
I didn't read the article (can't afford to pay WSJ) but I'm curious. Isn't any place safe so long as you've anonymized yourself?
There’s Blind. It tends to be toxic but I’ve also seen actually helpful advice for my company’s board. This article is really just saying don’t talk shit on Slack which seems like basic common sense.
I’d add that if you’re going to talk shit online, don’t use a device with your company’s MDM on it.
Why is it necessary to complain about work online at all? I don't understand...
This article is about Slack and the like, which has replaced much of the communication that people do at work. So, it is necessary to complain about work “online” if one wants to complain at all.
Let me rephrase my comment.
Why do people find it necessary to complain about work in a public setting? Complaining about work is a thing to do with your friends, certainly not publicly and absolutely not in work fora (Slack or otherwise).
No.
article is paywalled
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/slack-teams-google-ch...