There Are Three Types of AI Users - The Atlantic
archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 28 Jun 2026 10:17:34 UTC All snapshots from host www.theatlantic.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuseBuy me a coffee SKIP TO CONTENT Site Navigation Popular Latest Newsletters Sign In Subscribe IDEAS There Are Three Types of AI Users What will differentiate people is not how smart they are but their relationship to mental effort. By David Brooks Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Jovana Dzopalic / Getty. JUNE 28, 2026, 6 AM ET SHARE SAVE Remember when ai was going to take away our jobs and leave humans with nothing to do? So far, that doesn’t seem to be happening. Researchers from ActivTrak analyzed the digital activity of more than 10,000 workers and found that when people adopted AI, their work life became more intense, not less. The time that these early adopters spent on email, messaging, and chat apps more than doubled. Their use of business software rose by 94 percent. Researchers from UC B