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AI promised efficiency. Instead, it's making us work harder
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).
Instead of writing that email from scratch, you’re now crafting the perfect prompt, reviewing AI output for accuracy, and fixing the weird formatting it generated. Researchers and practitioners increasingly describe this as a new kind of cognitive load, requiring effort just to filter and discern AI outputs, which might detract from deeper, more focused work. The pressure to constantly optimize, to adopt every new tool, to squeeze efficiency from every moment—it’s just another version of the “grind harder” mentality that leads to burnout.
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