The effort doesn’t disappear. – it moves. We’ve spent years pressing a button and expecting a result.

AI tools have changed that deal; many of them get it wrong the first time, so you prompt again, refine again, check again. That’s still work but it’s just different.

Before you adopt a tool because someone told you it would save time, ask where the time actually goes. The effort doesn’t disappear, it moves.

Sometimes the new location is better.

Sometimes it isn’t.

Beware anyone who sells ease without showing you the working.