When Polish endoscopists began using AI to detect cancer, their accuracy improved. But their performance on non-AI procedures got worse. When students used AI to draft SAT-style essays, their creativity initially spiked. Yet those who started with AI-generated ideas showed reduced alpha-wave activity (a marker of creative flow), “tended to converge on common words and ideas,” and their “output was very, very similar” to one another’s. And in a 2025 study spanning 20 European countries, workers in highly automated jobs reported less purpose, less control, and more stress, even when their work became technically easier.
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