AI's biggest damage: making focus feel unproductive
vasuman · x · 2026-09-20
Vasuman argues AI's biggest current harm is pushing multitasking in the name of productivity: prompting Claude while watching movies, opening 10 terminals for 10 tasks. Focus now feels unproductive — "TikTok for work." AI colonized your off-hours, and now your work hours too.
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