What's this about?
Thariq Shihipar warns that people may use faster agents to do the same work with less effort rather than attempting more valuable work, absorbing technical gains as slack.
What exactly is a productivity rebound?
When a tool makes a task cheaper, behaviour changes. The saved time might fund more output, higher quality or simply less work; the technology alone does not decide which outcome wins.
What's the community saying?
the X post drew 3,667 likes and 77 reposts.
- Supporters say reduced effort is itself a legitimate welfare gain, not necessarily a failure.
- Managers worry output expectations will rise immediately, cancelling leisure while preserving pressure.
- The claim is intuitive but has no measurement in the post, so organisational evidence still matters.