Essay argues the chatbot era is broken: you can delegate tasks to agents but not attention
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-09
A shared essay, The Death of AI Chatbots, argues something is fundamentally wrong with how we use AI today.
- Demand for human attention has never been higher: you can hand tasks to agents, but you can't fully hand off your attention.
- The author frames this as a core flaw of the chatbot paradigm, hinting the next interaction model must solve attention delegation.
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