Fast AI inference may backfire: the cognitive bankruptcy problem
perilli · x · 2026-10-04
Fast AI inference initially creates an execution asymmetry — reply to 600 emails in hours, produce a 20-page report in 30 minutes. But as everyone adopts AI, that asymmetry vanishes: every colleague and client can now send you a 60-slide deck to memorize, a 50-page analysis to peer-review, or a 100-dimensional model to test, every day.
The ability to produce more doesn't translate into the ability to absorb more — leading to "cognitive bankruptcy." Unless companies enforce strict rules on output size and delivery etiquette, AI may paradoxically cause less efficient execution and faster burnout.
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