Linear report: AI adds to workload rather than replacing it
petergyang · x · 2026-08-19
Linear data reveals a counter-intuitive trend: teams spend more time chatting with AI and delegating to agents, but haven't reduced time on existing work.
The author suggests this is because expectations for output across all functions have simply risen significantly—AI raises the efficiency ceiling, but also the standards.
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