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patcontoday at 12:11 AM2 repliesview on HN

i should hope so. they should quit.

> > what's the term for quitting but not leaving and being destructive

> The most common term is “quiet quitting” when someone disengages but stays employed—but that usually implies minimal effort, not active harm.

> If you specifically mean staying while being disruptive or undermining, better fits include:

> - “Malicious compliance” — following rules in a way that intentionally causes problems

> - “Work-to-rule” — doing only exactly what’s required to slow things down (often collective/labor context)

I imagine malicious compliance is fun when there's an AI intermediary that can be blameless.


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discardable_dantoday at 12:31 AM

It is referred to as "simple sabotage": https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/the-art-of-simple-sabotage...

ares623today at 7:10 AM

they should leak the models