The hidden cost of agentmaxxing: delegating chores to AI agents erodes taste and creativity
bendee983 · x · 2026-11-06
The author warns about 'agentmaxxing' — handing every chore (email, shopping, prospecting) to AI agents. The tradeoff: AI systems converge on goals rather than diverging into interesting directions, so even a well-tuned paper-recommendation assistant keeps collapsing onto the same few trends. His fix is deliberate self-exploration: reading research and talking to interesting people yourself.
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