I am working on an essay about apps and technologies that help you pretend.

Pretend you are learning a language.
Pretend you are staying up to date with the current affairs.
Pretend you are keeping in touch with friends.

I think you might know which apps I have in mind.
Can you think of any examples?

#SocialMedia #DigitalMinimalism #Tech #FakeProductivity

New York Times: More! More! More! Tech Workers Max Out Their A.I. Use. This link goes to a gift article. “A.I. was supposed to help tech companies boost productivity and cut costs. But it has also created an expensive new status game, known as ‘tokenmaxxing,’ among A.I.-obsessed workers who are desperate to prove how productive they are.” Gross!

Goodhart’s Law in action 🙄:

“More! More! More! Tech Workers Max Out Their A.I. Use.”, The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/technology/tokenmaxxing-ai-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UlA.Wda2.-3Rz1wP8LBVw&smid=url-share).

H/T: Dare Obasanjo

#AI #AITokenUsage #GoodhartsLaw #Metric #TokenMaxing #LLMs #Measure #FakeProductivity #Waste #Dashboard #Leaderboard #Work

@ITMCitizen

But it looks so pretty by the end! #fakeproductivity