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AI agents boost output but create attention bottlenecks
A developer found AI agents dramatically accelerated their work, turning days-long tasks into afternoon projects. However, the human still had to decide what to do next, becoming the scheduler and memory layer. The author argues that attention, not model capability, becomes the limiting factor as agent usage scales.
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This piece highlights a real operational challenge in AI-assisted development: tools that amplify output also amplify the cognitive load of prioritization, a problem that tooling alone may not solve.
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