Why workers are nostalgic for life before artificial intelligence

Many white-collar workers are expressing nostalgia for pre-AI workplaces, according to new research. A consultancy survey found 65 percent of such workers regularly yearn for their old jobs, with concerns centered on AI intensifying rather than easing workloads, reducing creativity through homogenized outputs, and requiring extensive fact-checking that negates promised efficiency gains. Worker pushback reflects not outright technophobia but objections to how AI is being implemented, including inconsistent employer policies and unaddressed concerns about job losses and ethical issues.