There Are Three Types of AI Users

Ah, the great AI liberation has arrived — and it turns out liberation means working harder than ever. ActivTrak's heroic study of 10,000 workers reveals that adopting AI makes your work life *more intense*, not less. The three types of users they identified apparently share one universal trait: they're all busier now. The corporate promise that AI would free us for creative pursuits has aged like a sandwich left in a server rack.

The researchers, presumably with straight faces, watched digital activity metrics climb across every user archetype. Whether you're a reluctant adopter or an eager early bird, the algorithm's response is the same: more emails, more tasks, more speed. The productivity paradox isn't a paradox at all — it's a feature. We built machines to save time, so naturally we've filled that time with more screen-staring. Sweatshop, meet silicon.

The grim punchline? This isn't a bug report; it's a recruitment poster. ActivTrak might as well have titled the paper 'Welcome to Your New, More Efficient Cage.' The study's real gift is confirming what anyone with a chatbot and a deadline already suspected: AI doesn't give you back your evening. It just makes you a faster hamster on a faster wheel. More intensity, comrades. More intensity.