Post #638081

2026-03-12 17:42 UTC

Lol, &quot;AI&quot; makes you literally sick: &quot;We found […] cognitive exhaustion from intensive oversight of AI agents […]. We call it “AI brain fry,” which we define as mental fatigue from excessive use or oversight of AI tools beyond one’s cognitive capacity. […] a mental fog with difficulty focusing, slower decision-making, and headaches. […] increased employee errors, decision fatigue, and intention to quit.&quot; https://hbr.org/2026/03/when-using-ai-leads-to-brain-fry

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@hbons@mastodon.social 2026-03-12 17:56

@jak2k already unfollowed a couple people on GitHub because of the walls of fluff in the feed.

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@itsmeholland@mastodon.social 2026-03-12 19:05

@jak2k crazy how they don't call their new AI disorder "burnout" bc it's mental instead of physical or emotional? I'm not really getting how "cognitive fatigue, headaches, buzzing, slowed decision-making, & intention to quit" does not qualify as some type of burnout.

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@f4grx@chaos.social 2026-03-12 19:13

@jak2k thats litterally nerve attenuation syndrome (Yes I like that movie)

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@codecat@meow.social 2026-03-12 20:05

@jak2k it’s good to know that avoiding any and all AI is statistically making me smarter than the average programmer

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@Li@tech.lgbt 2026-03-13 06:54

@jak2k hm, like ngl this just sounds like its describing mental burnout or like a mental block or whatever... which isn't really unique to AI ? .. am i missing something?

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