Most AI productivity advice comes from people with no real work to do
aiprotivity_ · reddit · 2026-09-21
The author argues that most AI productivity advice comes from people who don't have much actual work to do. If you already have a real workflow, AI speeds it up; if you don't, no tool hands you one.
People posting "15 AI tools you NEED" are mostly treating tool-hunting as a hobby—that's shopping, not productivity. The author admits doing the same: spending weeks trying tools instead of the work he was avoiding. His advice: pick two tools, learn them properly, and don't switch until one actually fails you.
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