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Workers say AI makes them look more skilled than they are, study finds

A survey of nearly 10,000 employees across Europe and the Americas has found that most believe AI flatters their professional reputation, with 64% admitting they have used it to complete work they could not have done alone, raising an awkward question for managers deciding who to promote.

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This is my first post here. I figured I should start somewhere, and a hackathon project is as good a reason as any. The background I have been writing business software for about three years.

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  • AI agent places defenses during night attacks to protect the base.
  • Game phases include morning movement, dusk AI strategy, and night defense against slimes.

Stop Building AI Agents. Start Building AI Systems.

There's a phrase I keep seeing everywhere in AI development: "We need an AI agent." Need to analyze documents? Build an agent. Need to automate a workflow? Build an agent. Need to interact with APIs?

  • Focus should shift from AI agents to AI systems.
  • Real applications require system architecture, not just agent capabilities.

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Writing "Write clean code" in CLAUDE.md changes nothing. During the process of building 10 personal apps in three months, I rewrote CLAUDE.md many times.

  • Clear, verifiable rules improve CLAUDE.md code quality
  • Explicitly limiting permissions is more effective than suggesting actions
  • Providing an exit helps model retreat when constraints are hit

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