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Study : AI hinders productivity and makes working worse

www.theregister.com Study shock! AI hinders productivity and makes working worse

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Study shock! AI hinders productivity and makes working worse

Bosses expect artificial intelligence software to improve productivity, but workers say the tool does the opposite, according to a survey by find-a-workplace research org the Upwork Research Institute, a limb of talent-finding platform Upwork.

The survey elicited responses from 2,500 workers across the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. Half of respondents were C-suite execs, a quarter worked full time and the remained were freelancers. Respondents represent different age groups and genders, but all were required to have completed high school and to use a computer for their work at least “sometimes.”

Findings include that C-suite executives are asking more of workers – 81 percent of 1,250 executive respondents acknowledge as much, according to the survey.

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  • Incredibly unsurprising to anyone who's used it for more than a few days.

    The only time I've found it to be useful at all is to ask it about a topic and then look at the sources it's pulling from in order to get information from them. But that's just Wikipedia with extra steps.