When Maria Goyal has a question, her coworkers typically meet her with one answer: Ask Claude. Goyal isn't the only one who feels like AI is inhibiting human interaction at work. A handful of recent studies show that AI is changing how people communicate at work, and often replacing everyday exchanges. Meanwhile, Adobe found that the impact of agentic AI meant remote workers were 35% more likely than on-site workers to experience a dip in imposter syndrome and mental load. For Goyal, she envisions more opportunity for open dialogue at work, and AI functioning more as a supplement to that collaboration.