A study of 1,488 US workers finds AI use can reduce burnout but also cause “AI brain fry”, a mental fatigue from using AI tools beyond one's cognitive capacity
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Discussion
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
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A study of 1,488 workers using AI tools showed interesting results. Mental fatigue rose when using 3+ tools and overseeing multiple AI agents. However, automating repetitive tasks reduced burnout. — I've argued managing people best prepares you to work with AI agents. Now ba…
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@craigreynolds
Craig Reynolds
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Still waiting for high quality studies showing actual gains from LLM coding assistants according to accepted objective software quality metrics. — The study underlying this article: