When AI Does the Work, Who Are We?

What happens to purpose when AI starts doing more of the work?This episode of Human + AI Today looks at self-fulfillment, identity, and meaningful contribution in the age of generative AI. A new ACC Intelligence survey suggests workers are not only worried about being replaced; many are worried about becoming dependent on AI, losing creativity, or feeling that AI-assisted work is somehow no longer truly theirs.We connect that concern to research from the Journal of Business Ethics on meaningful creative work, the Italian Economic Journal on generativity and wellbeing, and the World Economic Forum on work as a source of dignity, belonging, and contribution.Practical experiment: try a ten-minute contribution audit on one AI-assisted task. Ask where your judgment, expertise, or creative input genuinely shaped the outcome, and where AI may have quietly replaced the struggle that gives work meaning.Learn more at https://innovationlounge.app.