Why AI Makes You Work More, Not Less

Links mentioned in the video: The Cowan Paradox: Why AI Agents Won’t Let You Do Less Work. They’ll Make You Do More. https://www.saastr.com/the-cowan-paradox-why-ai-agents-wont-let-you-do-less-work-theyll-make-you-do-more Amazon Employees Say AI Is Just Increasing Workload. A New Study Confirms Their Suspicions https://gizmodo.com/amazon-employees-say-ai-is-just-increasing-workload-a-new-study-confirms-their-suspicions-2000732794 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/mar/11/amazon-artificial-intelligence https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-isnt-lightening-workloads-its-making-them-more-intense-e417dd2c Research report, based on 160,000 workers and 443 million hours of work: https://www.activtrak.com/resources/state-of-the-workplace/ "AI is adding to workloads rather than redistributing them." AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence https://www.anthropic.com/research/labor-market-impacts "We find no systematic increase in unemployment for highly exposed workers since late 2022." === Maria Korolov is an award-winning technology journalist, sci-fi author, and editor of a magazine about science fiction and fantasy. Also, a former war correspondent and foreign news bureau chief. MARIA'S LINKS Technology journalism: https://www.mariakorolov.com/ Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Maria-Korolov/author/B07N5KH922 MetaStellar sci-fi and fantasy magazine: https://www.metastellar.com/ Hypergrid Business virtual reality blog: https://www.hypergridbusiness.com/