AI is here to make the workplace more productive — which, in practice, means we’ll be busier than ever doing slightly less that matters. Machines will take care of the repetitive tasks, the calculations, and eventually the thinking, leaving humans free to “focus on creativity” — mostly by sitting in more meetings about how to use AI to be more creative.
Efficiency will skyrocket. Reports will write themselves, emails will summarize automatically, and calendars will fill with perfectly optimized appointments to discuss the reports and emails. The office will hum with productivity metrics and dashboards measuring how efficiently everyone collaborates on work no one quite remembers requesting.
Managers will love it. Every minute will be accounted for, every action logged, every hesitation noted for “training purposes.” Employees will no longer waste time making decisions — AI will gently do that for them, ensuring consistency and compliance. Mistakes will fade away, and so will originality.
Yes, the workplace of the future will be extraordinarily productive.
Meetings will be longer, goals clearer, and thinking optional. In the end, everything will run perfectly — just without the unpredictable, inefficient humans who once made work interesting.