"That's the version the industry has spent the last three years selling to millions of nervous people who are eager to buy it. Yes, some white-collar jobs will disappear. But for most other roles, the argument goes, AI is a force multiplier. You become a more capable, more indispensable lawyer, consultant, writer, coder, financial analyst - and so on. The tools work for you, you work less hard, everybody wins."
"As part of what they describe as "in-progress research," the researchers spent eight months inside a 200-person tech company watching what happened when workers genuinely embraced AI. Nobody was told to hit new targets. People just started doing more because the tools made more feel doable. But because they could do these things, work began bleeding into lunch breaks and late evenings."
During eight months inside a 200-person tech company, employees who genuinely embraced AI increased the amount of work they did without formal pressure. No one was instructed to hit new targets, yet people voluntarily added tasks because the tools made more feel doable. Freed-up time was absorbed into existing responsibilities, with work bleeding into lunch breaks and late evenings. To-do lists expanded to fill every hour that AI freed up, and expectations and stress rose for some teams while measurable productivity gains remained modest. The overall effect increased time commitment and heightened burnout risk.
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