
We Were Promised Efficiency. The Reality of Adopting AI
We were promised efficiency. “AI will do the heavy lifting.” “Automation will free up your time.” “Work smarter, not harder.” That’s great, but now there are more tools, more acronyms, more logins, and more 9-step workflows standing between us and a finished deliverable. It doesn’t always FEEL efficient. The spreadsheet that became a data matrix now has predictive modeling capabilities. Your email has “AI-assisted generative




