AI productivity tools were supposed to help, but they often end up getting in the way of getting any work done. Microsoft says the average worker gets hit 275 times a day, and many of those dings now come from the same AI tools that promised to keep us focused. Juan and Kate talk about how AI for business has turned into a distraction machine, how Copilot and similar tools push prompts no one asked for, and whether engagement metrics are driving this productivity mess.🫟 ADDITIONAL RESOURCESMicrosoft, Work Trend Index Special Report "Breaking Down the Infinite Workday": https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/breaking-down-infinite-workday🫟 TOPICS00:00 When Interruptions Take Over Your Workday00:08 Why AI Tools Keep Pulling Your Attention Away00:35 Copilot And The Problem With “Helpful” Prompts01:32 Why SaaS Tools Bake In Interruptions03:20 Every App Trying To Teach You At Once05:54 Your Attention As The Real Resource06:52 Engagement Metrics vs. Productivity07:50 The All-In-One AI Tools Ecosystem Theory09:13 Why SaaS Tools Won’t Give Up Notifications12:47 What People Really Do With AI at Work13:57 Using AI Personas To Stress-Test Your Ideas14:48 AI For Data Storytelling16:31 One Easy Step To Level Up With AI18:42 The Real Gap In AI Productivity At Work19:48 Real-Time Interruption: Meet Ramón20:22 How AI Could Handle Most Executive Decisions22:17 One More Thing...🫟 ABOUT SLOP WORLDJuan Faisal and Kate Cook plunge into the slop pile—AI news, cultural shifts, and the future’s endless curveballs. They’re not here to sanitize the mess; they’re here to wrestle with it, laugh at it, and find meaning where you least expect it.

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