Gen AI Makes People More Productive–and Less Motivated

https://hbr.org/2025/05/research-gen-ai-makes-people-more-productive-and-less-motivated

by geox • 1 year ago

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LAsteNERD• 1 year ago

AI: like infecting the workplace with ADD.

"The work offloaded to AI in each task tended to be the most cognitively demanding aspects of those tasks, which are also normally the most rewarding. When critical thinking becomes automated, the quality of the outputs might noticeably improve, but the sudden return to critical thinking produces a kind of emotional whiplash that leaves workers feeling sapped of motivation."

Seems like the wide-spread adoption of AI will demand that workers find value and motivation in other aspects of their work. What's that gonna be? The sheer volume of stuff you can get done? Feels like the rat race just keeps getting faster...

krapp• 1 year ago

One of the more common criticisms I've read about AI - and tend to I agree with it - is that it automates away all the things people enjoy and none of the things people want automated.

That's why I don't want to touch it. I enjoy the creative process. I don't want it reduced to the most efficient means of putting a MVP to market with as little effort as possible, generated as the average of other people's work. It makes sense in terms of maximizing value for an employer and shareholders but Christ is it dismal. Why even bother at that point?

Gen AI Makes People More Productive–and Less Motivated

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