Workers Refuse to Write Markdown Files for Agents, Seeing Knowledge Extraction
mattbeane · x · 2026-10-08
Scholar Matt Beane observes a real friction point in enterprise AI adoption: firms want workers to write markdown files to guide agents in closed loops, but workers aren't doing it—even when paid.
The reason: they see their tacit knowledge being extracted with no upskilling in return. His conclusion is that workers need to see genuine upside before this agent-training workflow can function.
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