"Everything white collar was trivial all along": an AI practitioner on agent-fleet burnout
teodorio · x · 2026-10-29
A practitioner reflects on how automating white-collar work revealed its triviality, and how the few people who can still spot model failure modes are now mentally drained from overseeing fleets of agents. He says he trusts Claude 99.9% of the time for next actions — until it circles deeper into a token well. His conclusion: retreat to Bali, yoga, books and real conversation.
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