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Yeah I relate strongly with this. Once you get used to having more time and energy for the tough problems, the interesting stuff, it’s hard to go back to the mechanical and menial.
But I’ve found it’s a lot like riding a bike. You don’t really rust, because the stuff the agents can handle today are the kind of shit that you’ve done so much and from the start, that it has become menial and boring. Which means it’s pretty ingrained into the backbone, at least that’s what I’ve found.
But damn if I don’t feel bad about it, recognizing and being conscious about the societal and environmental cost the convenience has.
Don't get too bent about the environmental costs... the (US) AI data centers pollute about the same as 11 million office commuters. So, the great corporate leaders who are trying to mandate 30 million work-from-home workers back to the office are advocating for 3X as much pollution increase as the current crop of AI data centers emit.