Yes, AI burnout is already happening at work [Video]

Companies are talking up a storm about artificial intelligence and generative AI implementations, and many are moving ahead with deployments. But there might be a danger of employee burnout from moving too fast into AI, and businesses need to guard against this even as they enthusiastically jump into using the technology.

One concern is resource constraints. “We’re not getting additional resources to evaluate AI for its potential benefit,” said Bob Huber, chief security officer at Tenable, a provider of cybersecurity products. “The resources have to come from elsewhere, whether that’s via reprioritization of people’s time or placing other projects on the back burner.”

Employees will end up being double- or triple-tasked, Huber said, straining already constrained resources. While there are some AI use cases that require a low level of effort, “the majority of use cases require dedicated resources to build, design and evaluate,” he said.

Some workers still have …