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UK government productivity not enhanced by Copilot AI (pivot-to-ai.com)
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never mind, we’ll hire someone ... oh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vIFga-QiEg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250915-uk-government-productivity-not-enhanced-by-copilot-ai - podcast

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 11 points 1 day ago

And Copilot hallucinated all the way through the study.

HORRIFYING: The Automatic Lying Machine Lied All The Way Through

The evaluation did not find evidence that time savings have led to improved productivity, and control group participants had not observed productivity improvements from colleagues taking part in the M365 Copilot pilot.

SHOCKING: The Mythical Infinite Productivity Machine Is A Fucking Myth

At least 72% of the test subjects enjoyed themselves.

Gambling and racism are two of the UK's specialties, and AI is very good at both of those). On this statistic, I am not shocked.