Deskilling labour in order to endroute around conflict in the workplace is as old as capitalism. It's not just about automating to reduce expenses, but also abo

Deskilling labour in order to endroute around conflict in the workplace is as old as capitalism. It's not just about automating to reduce expenses, but also about reducing both bargaining power and the "specialness" of the worker. Uppity Google employees raising a stink and not doing their job because of CEOs sexually harassing employees? Or passing around petitions about making weapons or unethical AI? Sharing their compensation package #s to improve bargaining position or deal with perceived injustices around salary differentials? They only get away with that because they have bargaining power that management would dearly like them not to have. The aggressive pivot to "AI" LLM tools is the desperate move of a managerial class sick of our uppity shit.