> … using the AI to make their own lives easier rather than to work more efficiently.

These are not mutually exclusive. How does making my “own [work life] easier” not translate into “work more efficiently.”

I think it is a question of who is getting the benefit of these efficiencies. If it is the worker—ie they are doing the same amount of work in less time but not making that extra time available to the company—then from the company’s perspective they aren’t being more efficient. Or at least the additional efficiency doesn’t affect it.