Is AI helping you to do work, or just to do stuff?

The article argues that while today’s AI can feel like a huge productivity boost—especially in flashy “agent” tools—it often tempts people into spending lots of time tinkering, automating, and rewriting mediocre output (plus taking on real security/cost risks), which can be “doing stuff” that feels productive rather than actually “doing work.”

Glad I did not read 2000 words for that.

Challenge for the author: an article to show some cool examples how to effectively use AI tools that have a big return. Instead of a theoratical negative, show something practical example in a positive way.

I also have a suggestion: agent skills! Building automations in natural language. With a small investment you can get repeated big returns.