AI promises to save us hours every week. Brilliant. But what are we actually going to do with all that time?
For Prompt Fiction Bonus Broadcast 02, Scott takes us to LifeIn AI 2026 at Market Hall in Plymouth, where Techosaurus sponsored the event and delivered two sessions. The day began with a hands-on workshop about using AI to do more human work. It ended with Scott's closing keynote, asking whether our obsession with productivity is getting in the way of living.
In this Bonus Broadcast:
🎪 Live from LifeIn AI – An all-day gathering of people curious about AI, with talks, demonstrations and practical sessions. Scott explains how the opening workshop helped people find tasks they could hand over to AI while keeping their own judgement firmly in the driving seat. Read More
📨 We're Drowning in Digital Debt – Email, Teams, notifications and another meeting invite. Technology was supposed to make work easier, yet we're spending so much of our lives responding to it. Could AI finally help us turn that relationship around? Read More
🧠 Keep Your Brain in the Game – When AI can write, research and plan for us, which skills should we deliberately keep practising? Scott explores the risks of outsourcing every thought, and why using AI as a coach can be more useful than asking it for the finished answer. Read More
🃏 Fear, Facts and the Full Deck – AI is surrounded by scary headlines, genuine concerns and some extraordinary possibilities. Scott argues for looking beyond one statistic or one story and doing enough homework to make up your own mind. Read More
🎨 Wave Your Weird Flag – Everyone can ask the same AI to produce something. Your humour, experience, curiosity and taste are what make the finished work yours. Scott explains why the last 20% of a task matters so much. Read More
🍽️ Do the Dishes, Leave Me the Good Bits – If you had a robot at home, you'd probably ask it to do the washing up rather than enjoy time with your family on your behalf. Scott brings that same thinking into the workplace: offload the repetitive jobs and protect the work you actually enjoy.
⏰ Why Are We Still Working 40 Hours? – Scott looks back at the history of the working week, including Henry Ford's move to five days in 1926. A century later, our tools are wildly different. So why does every efficiency gain seem to turn into yet more work? Read More
❤️ What Would You Do With an Extra Hour? – More tasks, more meetings and more spinning plates? Or time to think, recover, learn and connect with people? Scott admits that using AI has made him busier than ever, and wonders whether he's been listening to his own advice.
🎙️ More Prompt Fiction to Come
Scott and Reece will be back with more conversations. In the meantime, these Bonus Broadcasts bring some of the talks and discussions happening out in the wild straight to your ears.
If AI gave you an extra hour every day, would you take it, or just find another hour's work to do?
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