Personal agents keep automating away the dopamine hits people actually enjoy
PTrubey · x · 2026-10-03
@signulll points out a counterintuitive design tension: the things that give normal people a dopamine hit — adding to cart, window shopping, waiting for packages, booking flights and hotels, planning an escape — are exactly what personal agents are obsessed with automating away. PTrubey adds he only asks AI for shopping help when researching something or when he can't find what he wants. A sharp observation on the mismatch between agent efficiency goals and user emotional value.
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