"Hold On, My Agents Are Freezing My Screen": The Daily Grind of the Agent Era
every · x · 2026-10-16
Every jokes about the new normal of the agent era: every five minutes you find yourself saying "hold on, agents are doing something crazy on my computer so my screen is frozen" — illustrated by a message from Jack Cheng reading "hold on agents."
The bit captures a real pain point of current agent products: autonomous agents executing tasks locally hijack the user's machine, and sharing one computer with your agents is still a clunky experience.
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