Head of Behavioural Science at NAB Reveals the AI Productivity Trap Female Leaders Need to Avoid

AI is supposed to make us more productive.

So why are so many of us using it all day… and finishing work feeling completely mentally fried?

In this episode of AI Ready Women, Georgie Hubbard and Lou Compagnoni sit down with behavioural scientist Angela Bliss to explore what our increasing reliance on AI could be doing to the way we think, work and make decisions.

Angela has spent years studying human behaviour and decision-making, including completing a Master’s in Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics, where her research explored how humans build trust with chatbots.

And her message is one every ambitious woman using AI at work needs to hear:

The goal isn’t to stop using AI. It’s to become much more deliberate about what you outsource to it.

We unpack the emerging phenomenon of AI brain fry, the cognitive overload that can come from prompting, checking, comparing and managing multiple AI outputs at once, and why being able to produce more work doesn’t necessarily mean we’re doing better work.

We also explore cognitive debt, automation bias, why AI can feel so addictive, and what happens when we start outsourcing judgment, creativity and independent thinking alongside the menial work.

In this episode:

What “AI brain fry” actually is and why knowledge workers are starting to feel it

Why using AI can sometimes increase cognitive load rather than reduce it

The hidden problem with AI producing work faster than humans can properly evaluate it