Augmentation vs Automation: Why Your “AI Everywhere” Strategy Is Killing Productivity
Author(s): Louiza Boujida Originally published on Towards AI. The AI Productivity Paradox — visualization created by Louiza Boujida. Augmentation yields ~+24% efficiency; end-to-end automation yields ~−18% due to verification overhead (Wang et al., 2025). Organizations roll out AI agents with compelling promises: …