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One in five US workers now delegates tasks to AI instead of colleagues, survey finds

A representative survey by Epoch AI found that 20 percent of employed Americans hand off at least one task to AI that a human used to do, and generally accept AI output with little to no editing.

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A representative survey by Epoch AI found that 20 percent of employed Americans hand off at least one task to AI that a human used to do. Generally, they accept AI output with little to no editing.

The article One in five US workers now delegates tasks to AI instead of colleagues, survey finds appeared first on The Decoder.

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