"When we deploy a digital tool like email to speed up communication, or generative AI to create (sloppy) slide presentations quickly, we don’t automatically become better at our jobs. If these steps don’t improve the bottleneck in our process – the key link where the real value is produced – then, as in the chicken coop example, they’re just as likely to create pile-ups and distraction, without actually boosting our true productivity."
https://calnewport.com/on-bottlenecks-and-productivity/
#GenerativeAI #TheoryOfConstraints
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