Agents, Slop, and Scarcity

A lot of the current AI story sounds like unlimited leverage. The more interesting version is that every new capability seems to create a new constraint somewhere else. More autonomous agents can mean more overwhelm, more demand for judgment, and even literal shortages in the tokens needed to run the whole thing.The infinite backlogCommoditized competence and the value of judgmentThe human sandwichTeam agents over personal replicasToken shortage and the real cost of autonomyPersistent workspaces instead of turn-based promptingWhat markets seem to rewardEnterprise controls as adoption gateWhat all these stories have in commonThis podcast was created with Podkey. Make your own at https://podkey.fm