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AI doesn't get stressed, tired, or have a bad day at work " and it's raising the bar for everyone else
19+ hour, 39+ min ago (484+ words) If it feels like the bar at work has gotten higher, you may not be imagining it. As artificial intelligence sweeps across industries and becomes embedded in everyday workflows, it is raising standards and expectations, and reshaping how we judge…...
Why we can't sit alone with our thoughts anymore
23+ hour, 3+ min ago (1040+ words) At Franklin High School in Portland, Oregon, students are required to seal their phones in special pouches at the beginning of the school day. But headphones and earbuds don't fit in the pouches. "Technically, Air Pods and stuff aren't allowed,…...
Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity'and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 ye
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (646+ words) Newfangled computers were actually at times producing too much information, generating agonizingly detailed reports and printing them on reams of paper. What had promised to be a boom to workplace productivity was for several years a bust. This unexpected outcome…...
What to do about burnout at work
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (947+ words) Jonathan Malesic knows burnout firsthand. He was working his dream job, teaching at a small Catholic college in Pennsylvania. He was publishing papers, working toward tenure " doing all the things on the professor checklist. He was happy; until one day,…...
The economist who was terrified of AI just found a rare reason for hope
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (487+ words) My first reaction was to be very scared," Imas told Fortune. I needed to work things out carefully in order to be less scared'not to convince myself not to be scared, just to look at history and look at people's…...
Jensen Huang bans one-on-one meetings, and Airbnb's Brian Chesky doesn't use email'meet the CEOs with unconventional work-
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (965+ words) White-collar workers have fallen into the mundane rhythm of office life: checking an endless stream of emails, sitting through a barrage of meetings, and pushing through mental fatigue by week's end. But some CEOs are rewriting norms of the corporate…...
My Boss Is Addled by Chat GPT. Do I Have to Play Along?
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1059+ words) Ever since my 40-year-old boss discovered Chat GPT, he's running everything through it, even asking it to write drafts and analyze documents. I'm going on 60 and have spent my entire work life relying on my brain and bona fide resources…...
Can AI replace tools like Asana? I spent 15 minutes building an app to find out.
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (973+ words) Just 15 minutes, from concept to publish. That's how long it took for me to create a basic version of a work management tool like Asana without writing a single line of code. The idea struck me one weekday when I…...
Spice Up Your Cooking Skills With Help From Your Phone
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (785+ words) What do you want for dinner tonight? With so many sites devoted to cooking these days, it's easy to find recipes for any dietary option. Some foodie apps are even using artificial intelligence for tasks like taking a food inventory…...
I'm a Chinese product manager who created 6 AI employees on Open Claw. I'm working more than ever and am way more tir
1+ week, 1+ day ago (891+ words) This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vivi Mengjie Xiao, an AI product manager and content creator on Red Note, China's social media platform. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. I'm an AI product manager…...