Alright, I’m going to rant here but I’ll keep it short. I could turn this into an essay with examples and screenshots, etc. However, I don’t want to waste any more time dwelling on my outrage.
One of the recent updates to my computer’s operating system has inflicted AI throughout like a virus. Email is one of the places where this has become a problem. For some reason, the software engineers have determined to add categories to make sorting my 200+ messages easier. AI displays these categories and attempts to guess which buckets they belong in.
This has added a managerial layer to my email. I don’t care. 90% of it is garbage anyway. I also don’t need to respond to that email from 3 weeks ago that it thinks I have ignored so don’t put it at the top of my list.
All of this adds a new job function to my daily life that I didn’t ask for – managing this stuff. Creating categories, tagging mail and figuring out an organizational system is beyond my pay grade. Enough already! I can go through.
Our digital life has made tasks a lot easier and saves time. However, it is becoming bloated and time-waisting with lots processes to manage. By 2030 we will become managers and be happy.