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Productivity
fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

Layoffs are up, and AI fears are rising. Expect to see more performative hustling at work.

Workers increasingly engage in productivity theater—appearing busy through visible actions like early emails and meetings—driven by layoff fears and AI displacement concerns, though visible busyness doesn't guarantee actual productivity.
Environment
fromHigh Country News
1 month ago

Ancient energy sources power the future - High Country News

Artificial intelligence and digital connectivity are widespread, offering benefits and harms while coinciding with an incomplete transition toward cleaner, quieter energy systems.
fromHarvard Business Review
3 months ago

The 5 AI Tensions Leaders Need to Navigate

When Polish endoscopists began using AI to detect cancer, their accuracy improved. But their performance on non-AI procedures got worse. When students used AI to draft SAT-style essays, their creativity initially spiked. Yet those who started with AI-generated ideas showed reduced alpha-wave activity (a marker of creative flow), " tended to converge on common words and ideas," and their "output was very, very similar" to one another's.
Artificial intelligence
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