As AI becomes a workplace norm, a growing number of US professionals are pretending to use it just to stay competitive. Driven by fear of job loss, inadequate training, and contradictory corporate expectations, employees now perform AI fluency as a survival tactic—revealing a deeper crisis of insecurity, confusion, and performative innovation in modern offices.Why is one in three US professionals pretending to use AI in the workplace?
As AI becomes a workplace norm, a growing number of US professionals are pretending to use it just to stay competitive. Driven by fear of job loss, inadequate training, and contradictory corporate expectations, employees now perform AI fluency as a survival tactic—revealing a deeper crisis of insecurity, confusion, and performative innovation in modern offices.