Julie Bedard

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166 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 13 Mar

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Thank you.

Thanks for having me.

You know, we asked them all kinds of questions around how they use AI, how they feel at work, you know, traditional burnout metrics.

We asked some, you know, sort of proxies for cognitive ability.

And we did throw in a question about AI brain fry.

We said specifically, like, what do you think about this thing that could be AI brain fry?

Like, are you feeling that?

I mean, we defined it as really like a type of cognitive strain.

So we said it was mental fatigue.

It was related to excessive use of interaction with or oversight of AI.

And it was about being beyond one's cognitive ability.

So it's sort of like I'm using the tool, but it feels beyond my ability to process it.

So 14% of people who use AI said that they felt this.

And I was especially surprised by the extent to which they told us about it.

We asked, you know, free ended, like, just tell us what is this thing?

What does it show up?

How does it feel to you?

And people wrote a lot, right?

Like they wrote all these things about, feels like I have 12 browser tabs open in my head, or it feels like I'm working so hard to manage the tools.

I'm actually not really doing the work.

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