I'm Becoming AI-Blind
A professional reflects on their growing inability to engage with work documents that appear to be generated by AI. The author identifies specific linguistic patterns and 'hallucinated' reasoning that make AI-written content feel hollow and difficult to process.
Why it matters
Highlights the cognitive impact of AI-generated content on workplace productivity and the potential for 'AI-blindness' in professional communication.
Recently I've been catching myself having these little moments at work, when I'm trying to read a document someone has sent me and my brain somehow refuses to analyze it. It feels like I'm reading it, but I'm unable to focus on its content.
I end up getting dragged into an endless back and forth with the sender, asking questions about things that have been covered in what they've already sent me. It's rather concerning, because I've spent the last year trying to re-learn how to focus and these situations show the exact opposite.
I sat down to analyze these situations and realized they all have a common denominator: the documents all show a strong trace to AI.
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