A Commentary on Kiazad et al. (2025): Generative AI as a Tool to Generate Bullshit at Work

The use of generative AI tools in the workplace implies that previously studied human phenomena, such as workplace bullshit, may take on different forms. In this comment to Kiazad et al. (2025), we first discuss how the functional properties of generative AI tools guarantees that such tools will generate workplace bullshit, and then, we discuss the consequences of using generative AI's bullshit at work with respect to the development and connection workers might otherwise foster in the workplace. Our comment offers two propositions to summarize our discussions.

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Group & Organization Management
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2025-10-27
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https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011251393082
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Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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A Commentary on Kiazad et al. (2025): Generative AI as a Tool to Generate Bullshit at Work

Goran Kuljanin, Grace Lemmon
Group & Organization Management
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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A Commentary on Kiazad et al. (2025): Generative AI as a Tool to Generate Bullshit at Work

Goran Kuljanin, Grace Lemmon
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Abstract

The use of generative AI tools in the workplace implies that previously studied human phenomena, such as workplace bullshit, may take on different forms. In this comment to Kiazad et al. (2025), we first discuss how the functional properties of generative AI tools guarantees that such tools will generate workplace bullshit, and then, we discuss the consequences of using generative AI's bullshit at work with respect to the development and connection workers might otherwise foster in the workplace. Our comment offers two propositions to summarize our discussions.

Group & Organization Management
DePaul University (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 70%
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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