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17% of employees who use AI at work do so to avoid co-worker judgment: But workplace connection ‘is a key to finding happiness’

April 28, 2025

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17% of employees who use AI at work do so to avoid co-worker judgment: But workplace connection ‘is a key to finding happiness’

April 28, 2025

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As AI becomes more advanced and prolific in the workplace, employees find new ways to use it to improve their performance.

In Microsoft’s recent 2025: The Year the Frontier Firm Is Born report, the company wanted to get a sense of how people use AI in the workplace. Among their questions for the 31,000 workers across 31 countries they surveyed was, “in the past year, which tasks have you relied more on AI for than a human colleague?” says Alexia Cambon, senior research director at Microsoft. They found workers turn to AI more often than people for help with information search, data analysis, brainstorming and creative thinking.

Microsoft’s follow up question was “why?” says Cambon.

While many choose the tech for its 24/7 availability and its “endless stream of ideas on demand,” some turn to it for more emotional reasons. Nearly a fifth, 17% of people working on the aforementioned tasks turn to AI more than a colleague for “fear of human judgment,” Microsoft found.

Happiness expert and TEDx speaker Jessica Weiss is not surprised that for some people, AI “starts to become a stand-in for human connection. But oftentimes and unfortunately, it’s not for the better.”

Here’s why she believes people are leaning into AI in this way and how to avoid doing it.

‘There’s a bit of that social anxiety hangover’

Human interaction can be nerve wracking — especially in the workplace, which has its own unique culture.

“I think that we’re all plagued with social awkwardness,” says Weiss. The pandemic only compounded that, she says, and even though it’s been five years, “I do feel there’s a bit of that social anxiety hangover.” So it’s no wonder people are afraid of being judged.

But it’s critical to interact with people, even in the workplace. “Connection and friendship at work is a key to finding happiness and satisfaction at work,” she says.

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As AI becomes more advanced and prolific in the workplace, employees find new ways to use it to improve their performance.
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