Every post I see about how I simply must use AI more and more in my workflow, if I don’t want to get left behind, further convinces me that I probably shouldn’t, if I want to have any chance of standing out.
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The productivity paradox: why AI won’t speed up creative work
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I believe there are two plausible scenarios for the future of knowledge work. There’s one in which as machines become more human-like in their capabilities, we paradoxically become more machine-like in our pursuit of productivity, focused on efficiency and keeping busy above all else. But there’s another where we lean into ways of working that are... See more
Sari Azout • The End of Productivity
Why do these businesses care so much? I suspect they aren’t really worried about AI—they're clinging to an old belief that if work isn't visibly difficult to produce, it must be less valuable. When we dig beneath the surface of "no-AI" policies and detection tools, we find an age-old assumption that worth must be measured in struggle. This mindset
... See moreWe all reach for tools that save us time. But used incorrectly, AI saves us time at the expense of thoughtfulness. If you had chatGPT write all your emails and a meeting bot write all your notes, you would get your work done faster, but you’d be doing a terrible job.
At Granola, our mission is to build tools that elevate you to do your best work. We... See more
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