When AI Adds to Your To-Do List Instead of Shortening It

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AI does not always shorten the day. This Human + AI Today episode explores the “toggle tax” of alerts, re-entry, verification, and context switching—and how design choices, autonomy, and manager behavior shape whether AI reduces or adds to cognitive load.

Try this: run a 15-minute experiment and note what changes for your control, cognitive load, and next conversation.

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