https://www.fastcompany.com/91446213/ai-has-exposed-the-illusion-of-work
TLDR
AI has peeled back the wallpaper and revealed how much of modern work was theatre. The busywork is gone. What is left is the real job. Thinking. Deciding. Designing. Leading.
Office Space stopped being a comedy and quietly turned into a documentary.
AI did not just automate tasks. It exposed how many of those tasks were empty calories.
Calendars full. Hearts empty. Hours logged. Value questionable.
That era is over.
The machine can now run the machine.
When the dust settles, only the meaningful parts of work remain.
Once the robots take the repetitive pieces, the spotlight hits the stuff that actually defines us.
Judgement. Direction. Clarity.
The work of choosing what matters, not just doing what is there.
This is liberating for some. Terrifying for others.
But it is the first honest upgrade the workplace has had in years.
Meetings without admin padding sound very different.