AI's Jevons paradox of work: smart people are working more, not less
ayushtweetshere · x · 2026-09-17
@ayushtweetshere argues every smart person he knows has been working more since AI arrived — they see the leverage, the narrow window for outsized impact, and treat work as a game now that AI removed the drudgery. If you expect AI to let you work less, "you're ngmi." He quotes @beffjezos framing it as the Jevons paradox of work: AI makes work more efficient at producing value, so demand for work increases.
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