'AI-pilled' engineers are working harder and burning out faster, Django co-creator says
AI agents are making software engineers more effective, Simon Willison said. They're also making him tired, and faster.
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- Simon Willison, the co-creator of Django, said juggling AI agents can feel "mentally exhausting."
- Willison said he's still bullish on AI's tools. He's just surprised at how tired they make him.
- He said he's talked to other software engineers who are losing sleep over their AI obsessions.
Part of AI's core promise is to take over mind-numbing tasks for humans.