'AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it': A software engineer warns there's a mental cost to AI productivity gains

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• A software engineer has struck a chord with an essay about "AI fatigue."
• Siddhant Khare said while AI has made him more productive, his job is harder than ever.
• Suffering from burnout, Khare said he had to rein in his AI usage.

The software engineers are not alright.

AI was supposed to make programming easier. Siddhant Khare said that while AI tools have made him more productive, his job is now harder than ever.