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Five major studies on AI adoption recently dropped. The findings are insightful & alarming. The employees getting the biggest productivity gains are also 2X more likely to quit, with 88% higher burnout rates. Even scarier? Heavy AI users say they'd rather chat with ChatGPT than their colleagues.

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Brian Elliott

@elliottsf.com

16 July 2025

Those perceptions of productivity gains might not be real: recent research found developers estimated they were 20% more productive using AI tools, when they were actually 19% slower.

Brian Elliott

@elliottsf.com

16 July 2025

Leaders demanding more output (code, emails, content) without understanding how AI actually works or investing in proper implementation. The drive for efficiency squeezing out all time for human connection - leaving users alone with their bot “coworkers.” theworkforward.substack.com/p/when-chatg...

theworkforward.substack.comWhen ChatGPT Beats Your Colleagues as a TeammateFalse positives on AI gains, the real drivers of adoption and the risk of profound losses of human connection