{"id":654,"date":"2026-02-10T06:02:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T06:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:02:38","slug":"ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Doesn\u2019t Reduce Work\u2014It Intensifies It"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>the productivity boost these things can provide is exhausting.<\/p>\n<p>AI introduced a new rhythm in which workers managed several active threads at once: manually writing code while AI generated an alternative version, running multiple agents in parallel, or reviving long-deferred tasks because AI could \u201chandle them\u201d in the background. They did this, in part, because they felt they had a \u201cpartner\u201d that could help them move through their workload.<\/p>\n<p>While this sense of having a \u201cpartner\u201d enabled a feeling of momentum, the reality was a continual switching of attention, frequent checking of AI outputs, and a growing number of open tasks. This created cognitive load and a sense of always juggling, even as the work felt productive.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m frequently finding myself with work on two or three projects running parallel. I can get so much done, but after just an hour or two my mental energy for the day feels almost entirely depleted.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had conversations with people recently who are losing sleep because they&#8217;re finding building yet another feature with &#8220;just one more prompt&#8221; irresistible.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Read on <a href=\"https:\/\/simonwillison.net\/2026\/Feb\/9\/ai-intensifies-work\/\">simonwillison.net\/2026\/Feb\/9\/ai-intensifies-work\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the productivity boost these things can provide is exhausting. AI introduced a new rhythm in which workers managed several active threads at once: manually writing code while AI generated an alternative version, running multiple agents in parallel, or reviving long-deferred tasks because AI could \u201chandle them\u201d in the background. They did this, in part, because [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,20,7,90,89],"class_list":["post-654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-ai","tag-attention","tag-consciousness","tag-productivity","tag-work"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.adlington.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}