Duke Study of 4,439 People Finds Coworkers Quietly Rate AI Users as Lazier
aakashgupta · x · 2026-10-16
A Duke University study testing 4,439 people found a counterintuitive workplace perception: people quietly rate you as lazier for using AI at work — unless the AI use clearly fits the task.
The poster notes that slide decks are usually where AI use gets exposed, which kicks off his follow-up thread on using Gamma 5 to turn a keynote into a recap: instead of letting the model fill blanks with the most common choices, feed it real material.
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