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by Silasdev 3 hours ago
I had a new colleague on the team, who I had to on-board. I gave him a few simple tasks, just to get him into the whole setup. He literally copy/pasted my task description into Claude and asked it to complete the task. To begin with, I didn't suspect this, so when he asked for more help, I gladly wrote up a detailed explanation with more information and detail for him to learn. Little did I know, he never read it but put it directly into Claude. Not even sure how I should handle it, but my first instinct was to get extremely annoyed.

Maybe this is just how things are going to be. But in that case, I'm done spending my time being a helpful idiot talking indirectly to a robot through another person.

3 comments

I always get "Foreign Object" by the Mountain Goats stuck in my head wheb I deal with people like that...

(Track 31):

https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/track/foreign-object-j...

> Not even sure how I should handle it, but my first instinct was to get extremely annoyed.

My first instinct would be to have a /very/ direct conversation with that person and their manager, and the follow-on would be to escalate it further leading to their termination. That sort of behavior is unprofessional in the extreme, even in the era of AI.

> Not even sure how I should handle it, but my first instinct was to get extremely annoyed.

Have you watched Frieren? Just keep a distance from them.

https://frieren.fandom.com/wiki/Demon

"Demons are deceptive by nature, and typically speak with humans for a specific purpose, such as securing mercy or lowering vigilance. They treat language as a tool, using words without truly grasping their meaning. ..."