AI is compressing hours of work into seconds, but companies will likely pile on more tasks unless you decide what matters. The real question: what do you actually want to do with your time, and what should you hand to machines?
And so I think the question some people have started to ponder is, what do I do with this extra time? And more of AI starting to replace some of the tasks that humans do, and that could be analyzing large amounts of text data like I described, right? It used to maybe take people 20 hours to analyze one survey response, and now it's 2 seconds, and then you're spending 20 more minutes making a slide deck that is also assisted by AI, and then you're done. You're at the Keurig having your next cup of coffee. If AI is truly starting to save us time, then what do I do with that? And a lot of times, you know, organizations might just pile on more work, right? But then also, I think a lot of people, maybe Gen Z and millennials in particular, are wondering, is this— what kind of life do I want to live? How do I want to spend my time? And I definitely encourage everyone to think about that, regardless of generation and where you are in the stage of your career. What is that ideal life that you have right now? Knowing that AI will start to do some of our work, what do you want to spend your time and energy on doing? What really lifts you up? What brings you joy? And what do you want to continue to do? And what do you want to delegate to AI to do?
