Expectation:

AI will reduce our workload, giving us more leisure time.

Reality:

AI expands what's possible —raising expectations, and creating more work

I expected AI to reduce my workload and free up time – the dream of robots doing our jobs while we chill on hammocks all day.

Instead, I was caught in a paradox: the amount of things that are now possible and exciting and worth exploring because of AI greatly exceeds the amount of time I save using AI.

This is the paradox of our time: the very tools designed to free us from labor are trapping us in an endless cycle of escalating work.