AI's grand promise: Less drudgery, more complexity, same (or lower) pay

Workers face new mental health pressures as they shift from doing tasks to babysitting agentic AI

A report on occupational health warns that AI adoption may paradoxically increase workplace burdens rather than reduce them. As AI automates routine tasks, workers will shoulder new responsibilities: overseeing AI systems, catching their errors, and managing the resulting complexity - potentially triggering mental health pressures....