Dan Shipper can't stop watching his agents for 20 hours; Craig Mod sets boundaries
every · x · 2026-10-04
On the Every podcast, Dan Shipper admits he compulsively checks on his AI agents once they're running—tasks can stretch 20 hours—finding it hard to look away. Craig Mod relates: the idea of "mainlining AI" ten hours a day for six months excites him, but he deliberately holds back, believing that without boundaries he'd lose the human perspective that lets him write his "weird books." A discussion on drawing lines with compelling AI.
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