Interesting research in HBR today about how the productivity boost you can get from AI tools can lead to burnout or general mental exhaustion, something I've noticed in my own work https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/9/ai-intensifies-work/
@simonSimon Willison Thanks for sharing - will TAL. Read the first couple of paragraphs and this passage: “we found that employees worked at a faster pace, took on a broader scope of tasks, and extended work into more hours of the day,” reminded me of
"I have no reason to believe that gains in understandability (or on factors affecting productivity) would change that. We're just gonna get more software, moving faster, doing more things, always bordering on running out of breath.”
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