Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke: AI's New Failure Mode Is Over-Output, 'Slop Grenades'
WalterReade · x · 2026-09-21
Asked whether AI has made anything worse internally, Shopify founder and CEO Tobi Lütke gave a candid answer: the failure mode of lazy work is no longer lack of output — it's over-output. Internally, the team calls these 'slop grenades' lobbed at each other. A rare case of a top tech CEO openly naming a downside of AI adoption inside the company.
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