AI tools were supposed to free up our time—but they’re increasing our cognitive load and making us less productive. Here’s what’s really happening (and how to use them without burning out).
The unquestioned mantra of AI "freeing workers to spend time on strategy" has always rubbed me the wrong way. In a large business, how many people set the strategy in any meaningful way? It's not that large of a percentage. Most workers will simply be doing other tasks, likely much more mundane tasks, like fact-checking and editing the output of GenAI tools.
The unquestioned mantra of AI "freeing workers to spend time on strategy" has always rubbed me the wrong way. In a large business, how many people set the strategy in any meaningful way? It's not that large of a percentage. Most workers will simply be doing other tasks, likely much more mundane tasks, like fact-checking and editing the output of GenAI tools.