AI agents shift work to verification instead of saving it

Developers on Reddit question whether AI agents truly save work, noting that while an agent finishes a task in 30 seconds, humans still spend 5 minutes verifying it—automation merely shifts labor to the verification step.

2026-10-27 ~ 2026-10-29 · 2 related posts

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• If an agent finishes in 30s but review takes 5min, what did you actually automate? — djgoel123 · 2026-10-29