The secret to avoiding “AI vulnerabilities,” researchers say, is to empower employees to design their own roles around AI tools

Tired of “AI nonsense”? A team of learning scientists from AI skills platform Multiverse say there is a solution.

According to new research from Multiverse, the training platform for AI and technology adoption, employees who take the initiative to redesign their roles using artificial intelligence – rather than just using it to speed up tasks – are more engaged, motivated and creative at work.

The study, conducted in June and July, analyzed 295 full-time British workers across industries including finance, government and technology, all of whom had used generative AI for at least six months.

It was found that those who actively “job craft” – redesigning their tasks and workflows to incorporate AI – experienced significantly higher levels of engagement than those who passively used the technology.

“Job crafting essentially means reviewing the components of your role and redesigning them to meet the needs of the task at hand,” says Barry Goulding, an organizational psychologist…