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77% Of Employees Report AI Has Increased Workloads And Hampered Productivity, Study Finds (www.forbes.com)

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The new global study, in partnership with The Upwork Research Institute, interviewed 2,500 global C-suite executives, full-time employees and freelancers. Results show that the optimistic expectations about AI's impact are not aligning with the reality faced by many employees. The study identifies a disconnect between the high expectations of managers and the actual experiences of employees using AI.

Despite 96% of C-suite executives expecting AI to boost productivity, the study reveals that, 77% of employees using AI say it has added to their workload and created challenges in achieving the expected productivity gains. Not only is AI increasing the workloads of full-time employees, it’s hampering productivity and contributing to employee burnout.

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[-] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It is my own words. Wrote out the whole thing but I was never good with grammar and fully admit that often what I write is confusing or ambiguous. I can leverage chatgpt same way I would leverage spell check in word. I don't see any problems there.

But if you don't mind, I'm interested in the points discussed.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

Ok, let's look at your own words then:

I heard a large AI model is equivalent to the emissions from five cars over its lifetime.

Cool, I hear lots of things. Where's the evidence?

So, absent of AI, it’s not like we’re up in arms about the waste and usage from other technologies. AI is being singled out—it’s the star of the show right now.

Who is we? I am not happy about any of it, but especially when it is something not especially useful (you could have used spelling and grammar checkers that have predated AI by many years but you decided to waste water).

And I don't really care about the potential of an orphan-crushing machine as long as we let it keep crushing orphans.

I love this last part the best though:

Sure, it consumes energy and has costs

We can just forget about these because you didn't want to use standard grammar and spellcheckers and they have the potential to do a bunch of things they can't do. Awesome. Totally worth the end of civilization.

[-] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Cool, I hear lots of things. Where's the evidence?

https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/06/239031/training-a-single-ai-model-can-emit-as-much-carbon-as-five-cars-in-their-lifetimes/

It's not crushing orphans. It's solving advanced problems that human brains are not able to and reducing the time between discoveries but also just being fun to play with and helps everyone access tools that just speeds everything up and only going to get better.

Does more than spell checking, not a sound argument.

Everything in life will have a cost. We have to weight the benefits against the cost. AI is potentially the greatest benefit we could see in our lifetime.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

That is training, not use. You are being dishonest.

[-] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

And what is the usage?

[+] SirDerpy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

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[-] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

It's not research?

[+] SirDerpy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

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[-] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Any examples of what they're doing to exploit us with it?

Most places I've seen are trying to find ways to incorporate AI to help check for errors and reduce time on tasks.

It's not like AI is the cause of being exploited either. But it does assist me when I'm studying for a new role. Building a resume and upskilling on my own time.

And look I'm aware I'm taking AI side. I know most companies would fire anyone and replace them with a machine if they could. But I'm still better off with this technology if it leads to better medicine or gives us access to things that was unreachable or difficult to access in the past. It's a two way street. But it's like people on my street keep putting up barriers trying to make everyone take the long route

If it's one thing in life that I can't believe others just don't see is how the rich embrace things that the rest reject and often the thing is what contributes to the success of the rich. They're embracing it for a reason. It's a forxEe multiplier. It reduces workloads. Why the hell are we acting like it's some great sin. We should be fighting to keep it from them and for us instead of the other way around

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