As organisations rush to adopt artificial intelligence, much of the conversation has focused on productivity, efficiency and  competitive advantage. Far less attention has been paid to what happens to people’s mental health when work becomes faster, more monitored, more uncertain and potentially never-ending. Prof Renata Schoeman, Head of Healthcare Leadership at Stellenbosch Business School, chats to Noni Radebe (who stands in for Leigh-Anne Williams) about how AI may represent one of the most significant workplace mental health challenges organisations have faced, not because machines are replacing humans overnight, but because AI is changing the pace, expectations and psychological experience of work.