The AI trap: doing unneeded work faster—prioritize before you scale
jiayuan_jy · x · 2026-11-12
jiayuan warns about the biggest trap of the AI era: using AI to do things that didn't need doing, faster.
Unless you first identify the few tasks that can actually change everything, AI will multiply trivial and distracting work—amplifying misprioritized output rather than real productivity.
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