Knowledge workers managing AI show collapsed productivity, not just a plateau
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I spent a few weeks pulling together what the longitudinal workplace studies are actually finding about AI adoption, as opposed to the productivity optimism in most coverage.https://medium.com/@dilpreetgrover2/the-ai-productivity-paradox-why-efficiency-is-skyrocketing-while-employees-are-burning-out-3747c44910d3?postPublishedType=initial
▲Too early. Give it another 2 years. Corporate wonderland doesnt innovate because it structurally lies on the exploit side of the explore-exploit tradeoff. So if its forced into explore mode there is a word in sociology for what happens - involution. But its a temporary phase of the system.
reply▲let's see, i come from background where some people only have a job because they can use ai and are expected to perform and achieve unrealistic expectations. I hope things improve for the better for the same but rn i don't think these things are changing anytime soon
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