# AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It

<https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it>

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## What Jamie wrote

HBR research piece arguing AI intensifies work rather than reducing it — expectations and output scope expand faster than tasks disappear. Likely paywalled (limited text extracted), but the abstract is the thesis and it's a useful framing for leadership conversations.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it