busywork
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of busywork
Example Sentences
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On an individual level, Yee says, people may opt in to occasional busywork to give their brains a break or simply work a little less instead of squeezing every drop of AI-enhanced productivity.
On the education front, instead of consulting books and other arcane text to write papers or prepare for exams, some students are offloading that busywork to ChatGPT.
From Salon
The specifics of the mission are as mysterious as these men’s names as we watch them carry out the minutiae of military busywork.
From Los Angeles Times
Although it can automate busywork, it may also replicate the harmful biases of the people who created it.
From Los Angeles Times
She made me start to believe that the busywork I might delegate to a machine is actually more human, and valuable, than I realized.
From New York Times
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