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AI spurs employees to work harder, faster, and with fewer breaks, study finds (www.theregister.com)
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A Harvard Business Review study is answering the question ‘what will employees do if AI saves them time at work?’ The answer: more work.

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[–] Tehhund@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

I don't know if this is true but I once read that people expected the cotton gin to improve slaves' conditions because that part of the process was incredibly labor-intensive, so it would be saving them work. Instead it made cotton farming more profitable and boosted slave ownership. ☹️