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Over 50% of American workers now use AI daily — but most are experimenting quietly, not following influencer tutorials

Over 50% of American workers now use AI daily — but most are experimenting quietly, not following influencer tutorials

A LessWrong author surveyed their own AI usage patterns and found themselves using AI assistance for hours every day across work tasks, alongside colleagues doing the same. Recent surveys show over 50% of Americans have used AI to help with work in the past week, yet most people — outside of AI marketing personalities on Twitter and LinkedIn — keep their experiments private and undocumented.

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