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Emerging 'Botsitting' Labor Consumes AI Gains

A new form of labor, termed "botsitting," is emerging as a significant cost in making AI systems usable. This work involves tasks such as providing missing context, verifying AI outputs, correcting errors, re-executing prompts, and refining inaccurate but confidently presented answers. AI

IMPACT Highlights the hidden human labor costs associated with making AI practical, suggesting a potential drag on efficiency gains.

RANK_REASON This item discusses a conceptual labor category related to AI, rather than a specific event or release.

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    "So where are the gains going? They're being swallowed by a new, largely invisible form of labor. We call it botsitting: the work required to make AI usable, in

    "So where are the gains going? They're being swallowed by a new, largely invisible form of labor. We call it botsitting: the work required to make AI usable, including feeding it missing context, checking its outputs, debugging its mistakes, rerunning prompts, and cleaning up the…