EPISODE · May 24, 2026 · 26 MIN
Why Agents Still Need Humans
from The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · host Nathaniel Whittemore
NLW explores the next wave of human-agent collaboration, using Dan Shipper’s “After Automation” essay and Every’s agent experiments to argue that automation is creating more expert human work, not less. The episode looks at shared team agents, the “human sandwich” model, the limits of fully autonomous OpenClaw-style agents, and why Codex and Claude Code point toward a more semi-synchronous future of managing agent work across devices.After Automation: https://every.to/p/after-automationEnterprise Claw Cohort 3 Registration: https://enterpriseclaw.ai/Brought to you by:KPMG – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, Agentic AI Untangled, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at www.kpmg.us/NavigateGranola - The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at http://granola.ai/aidailyScrunch - The AI customer experience platform - https://scrunch.com/Mercury - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at https://mercury.com/personal-bankingZenflow Work - Agents for knowledge work - https://zenflow.free/Drata - The agentic trust management platform - https://drata.com/Blitzy - Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? https://blitzy.com/AssemblyAI - The best way to build Voice AI apps - https://www.assemblyai.com/briefRobots & Pencils - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results https://robotsandpencils.com/The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: https://pod.link/1680633614Our Newsletter is BACK: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Interested in sponsoring the show? [email protected]
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NLW explores the next wave of human-agent collaboration, using Dan Shipper’s “After Automation” essay and Every’s agent experiments to argue that automation is creating more expert human work, not less. The episode looks at shared team agents, the “human sandwich” model, the limits of fully autonomous OpenClaw-style agents, and why Codex and Claude Code point toward a more semi-synchronous future of managing agent work across devices.After Automation: https://every.to/p/after-automationEnterprise Claw Cohort 3 Registration: https://enterpriseclaw.ai/Brought to you by:KPMG – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, Agentic AI Untangled, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at www.kpmg.us/NavigateGranola - The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at http://granola.ai/aidailyScrunch - The AI customer experience platform - https://scrunch.com/Mercury - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at https://mercury.com/personal-bankingZenflow Work - Agents for knowledge work - https://zenflow.free/Drata - The agentic trust management platform - https://drata.com/Blitzy - Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? https://blitzy.com/AssemblyAI - The best way to build Voice AI apps - https://www.assemblyai.com/briefRobots & Pencils - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results https://robotsandpencils.com/The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: https://pod.link/1680633614Our Newsletter is BACK: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Interested in sponsoring the show? [email protected]
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