The hype tells us its a replacement story. In reality, its an erosion story: of skills, agency, and self-worth.

That erosion is the focus of our award-winning #CHI2026 paper, From Future of Work to Future of Workers. arxiv.org/abs/2601.21920

This worker is not alone in feeling like this.
Even cancer doctors feel like AI "button pushers".
The "soul sucking" is the identity commoditization part.

More? Check out this award-winning piece at #CHI2026 to learn more about how AI hollows out workers asymptomatically.
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At #CHI2026, we (w/ Darren Gergle) proposed a new frame, Developmental Flourishing: assistive technology not for access, but through which blind and low-vision (BLV) people explore, create, and make meaning. At #CSCW2026, we share a sequel on mixed-ability collaboration (preprint: on my website).