Why working with AI agents all day is exhausting: delegation adds mental load, not removes it
bendee983 · x · 2026-09-12
Gunnar Morling explains why working with AI agents 8 hours a day is so exhausting: delegation should let you forget a task, but AI gives no such assurance — you must keep checking it's correct, complete, and not cutting corners, adding to your mental load rather than removing it.
bendee983 offers a remedy: start conservatively — small tasks, monitor results, find the kinks, then develop tests and guardrails so the agent doesn't go berserk. It's like supervising an intern, except you adapt to the agent by adjusting instructions and guardrails, gradually building trust within a bounded set of tasks.
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