Reddit asks: which tasks can your agent do that you still do manually anyway?
Glittering812 · reddit · 2026-10-19
A Reddit discussion highlights the gap between "an agent can do this" and "I'd actually use it": regular use means counting setup, retries, output checking, and maintenance. The author uses booking as an example — explaining preferences and verifying dates/prices can make opening the website faster, though the math flips for tasks repeated 50 times a week. The thread collects tasks people automated successfully but abandoned, arguing these failure cases are more useful than flawless demos.
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