00:00AI was supposed to make work easier.
00:02So why are so many people feeling mentally fried?
00:05Researchers at Boston Consulting Group have identified a new condition called AI brain fry.
00:11Here is what is happening.
00:13Instead of doing less work, employees are now managing multiple AI agents at once.
00:17These tools write, analyze, plan, and automate.
00:21But supervising them feels like juggling nonstop.
00:24One manager said it felt like having a dozen browser tabs open inside his head.
00:29Constant buzzing.
00:30Constant noise.
00:32Rereading the same lines.
00:33Second-guessing simple decisions.
00:35The study, published by Harvard Business Review, found that this mental overload increases mistakes.
00:41It creates decision fatigue.
00:43It even makes some workers consider quitting.
00:46AI was meant to free up time for strategic thinking.
00:49Instead, many people are stuck monitoring, correcting, and multitasking all day.
00:54Even leaders at Meta have admitted their AI tools nearly caused chaos.
00:59But here is the good news.
01:01Unlike burnout, AI brain fry is temporary.
01:04Take a break.
01:05The fog clears.
01:07So maybe AI is not the problem.
01:09Maybe we just have not learned how to manage it yet.
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