IT leaders have been making generative AI tools available across the enterprise for just three years, and a significant majority of their business users has already had enough. According to a report from Adaptavist, 65% of 2,500 knowledge workers surveyed say they “regularly feel nostalgic about how work operated before the widespread adoption of AI.” This “pre-AI nostalgia” appears to be due in part to business users feeling overwhelmed by the responsibility of learning how to use AI on top of their day-to-day job tasks. Moreover, 46% of workers say their concerns about AI have gone unaddressed by management.

Full report : Workers are eager to adopt AI, but lack of training, clarity, and payoff is leaving many overwhelmed and nostalgic for a time before AI existed. Chalk that up to change management failure.