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Workers can misperceive AI productivity

Participants believed AI had made them faster even though measured completion time moved in the opposite direction.

Model Evaluation and Threat Research10 July 2025Reviewed 26 July 2026
Workers can misperceive AI productivityFUURAA original conceptual visual

What the evidence indicates

A concise reading of the source

Participants believed AI had made them faster even though measured completion time moved in the opposite direction.

FUURAA interpretation

Why this could matter

Enjoyment and lower perceived effort are valuable, but they are not substitutes for outcome measurement.

How to read this signal

Documented development

The underlying event, report or finding has been published. Its future consequences may still be uncertain.

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