449. Efficiently Drowning in Work

TMK thought validated yet again! We talk about two big studies into the effects of AI on workloads, which show with in-depth empirical detail how AI intensifies and expands labor, rather than lightens and shrinks workloads. Weird! Did anybody know this would happen??? ••• TMK live show in San Francisco, 7pm on Thursday, March 19th, with our friends at Bay Area Current and DSA SF. Join us! ••• AI Isn’t Lightening Workloads. It’s Making Them More Intense. ••• AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It Standing Plugs: ••• Order Jathan’s book: •••

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449. Efficiently Drowning in Work is an episode from This Machine Kills by This Machine Kills.

This episode is 01:17:07 long.

This episode was published on Mar 17, 2026.

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