Ars Technica
Time saved by AI offset by new work created, study suggests
Survey of 2023–2024 data finds that AI created more tasks for 8.4 percent of workers.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/time-saved-by-ai-offset-by-new-work-created-study-suggests/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Time saved by AI offset by new work created, study suggests

Survey of 2023–2024 data finds that AI created more tasks for 8.4 percent of workers.

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Show threadMark Stosberg2d ago

@arstechnica Yes. AI is being used to QA all sorts of things. For things that have formal definitions, like code, the results can be quite thorough.

Once all the issues are identified— some more important than others—someone needs to fix them. Some issues can be autocorrected.

Show threadBee O'Problem 2d ago

@arstechnica pretty much

Better predictive text is kinda helpful. Specialty tools are better at code generation (e.g. ActiveRecord)

Everything I've seen done with AI assistance in coding has shown it to be a wash at best and a waste of time at worst.

Show threadinverteddelta2d ago
@arstechnica Worker pay continues to go down while GDP per capita continues to go up. Spreadsheets and word processors didn’t earn us more money, or more free time, they earned us more work.
Show threadNicole Parsons2d ago

@arstechnica

The goal of AI is to justify mass layoffs then shift the workload to fewer people.

And wage suppression, union busting, and copyright infringement.

Show threadJanie Karma S 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏿2d ago

@arstechnica

#FuckAI
#AI

Show threadDP02d ago

@arstechnica AI has its uses and benefits. And - surprise, surprise - scientists and educated people already knew the actual and future benefits before some college-dropout scam billionaires told us how to use AI.

Now, tech-bros distract attention and resources from beneficial uses like meteorology, astronomy, medicine, and genetics, and an abundance of HR, survey, and chatbot bullshit AIs floods the market.

AI will soon enter the "90s Internet Phase": used mainly for porn and scaming.

Show threadCalum1d ago
@arstechnica Well of course. The only people who benefit from AI in workplaces are the bosses whose KPIs improve. The rest of us are just expected to get through more work in the same amount of time.