介绍： AI Isn't Lightening Workloads. It's Making Them More Intense.
One of the great hopes for artificial intelligence—at least, among workers—is that it will ease workloads, freeing people up for more high-level, creative pursuits. So far, the opposite is happening, new data show.
In fact, AI is increasing the s...

介绍： AI Isn't Lightening Workloads. It's Making Them More Intense.
One of the great hopes for artificial intelligence—at least, among workers—is that it will ease workloads, freeing people up for more high-level, creative pursuits. So far, the opposite is happening, new data show.
In fact, AI is increasing the speed, density and complexity of work rather than reducing it, according to an analysis of 164,000 workers' digital work activity.
"It's not that AI doesn't create efficiency," said Gabriela Mauch, ActivTrak's head of its productivity lab. "It's that the capacity it frees up immediately gets repurposed into doing other work, and that's where the creep is likely to happen."
Such habits aren't exactly what AI evangelists have predicted. A number of tech and business leaders have suggested that AI could ultimately lead people to work less, not more, and result in a shorter workweek. 
Yet, evidence so far suggests that many AI adopters aren't using the technology's efficiencies to give themselves a break. People often end up doing more work, not less, "because AI makes additional tasks feel easy and accessible, creating a sense of momentum," said Aruna Ranganathan, associate professor at the University of California.
About 80% of employees now use AI tools at work—up from 53% two years ago—while the average time spent working with AI tools has risen eightfold. People who spent 7% to 10% of their total work hours with AI tools showed the highest productivity, yet only 3% of AI users use such tools that much. The majority spent 1% of their total work hours using AI.
生词好句
workload 英 [ˈwɜːrkloʊd] 美 [ˈwɜːrkloʊd] n. 工作量
light workload 较轻的工作量
heavy workload 较大的工作量
ease 英 [iːz] 美 [iːz] v. 减轻、缓解（reduce）
free people up for something 把人们解放出来去做某事
AI has lightened my workloads and it frees me up for more time with my family.人工智能减轻了我的工作量，让我有更多的时间和家人在一起。
creep 英 [kriːp] 美 [kriːp] （本文）n. 慢慢累积的（消极）变化；v. 慢慢地、悄悄地爬；悄无声息地增加
screen time creep 悄然增长的手机使用时长
Weed is creeping all over the garden.杂草爬满了花园。
My workload keeps creeping up since I started to use AI.自从我开始使用AI，工作量悄悄地增加了。
evangelist 英 [ɪˈvændʒəlɪst] 美 [ɪˈvændʒəlɪst] n.（本文）带着使命感传播事业的人；传播好消息的人；传福音的传教士
eightfold 英 [ˈeɪtfəʊld] 美 [ˈeɪtfəʊld] n. 八倍（eight times）
数字＋fold表示......倍