The companies that bet everything on AI are now watching their knowledge bases quietly rot

Harvard Business Review named the phenomenon "workslop" in 2025: AI-generated content that looks polished but corrodes an organization's knowledge base from within. With MIT finding 95% of AI pilots failing to deliver ROI and Goldman Sachs calling AI's GDP contribution "basically zero," the enterprise AI thesis is under serious pressure, and 29% of workers are now actively sabotaging their employer's AI strategy.