We built AI to save us from email, and it somehow made email even more soul-sucking

AI email tools were meant to cut routine work, but they’re instead making workplace messages longer and more performative.

The article argues that generative AI is producing polished but low-value emails, adding thread padding and follow-up clutter.

In some cases, email assistants and scheduling bots end up exchanging messages with each other, increasing inbox noise.

The piece says AI is amplifying office bureaucracy rather than reducing it, leaving workers with more clutter and less efficiency.