Human in the loop

The current narrative around AI in tech misses a fundamental reality: humans have biological limits. Big tech pushes the ideal that AI will mint "10x engineers" by drastically increasing throughput. While AI undeniably accelerates workflows, attempting to match that artificial pace with human output is a guaranteed recipe for burnout within six months. There is a physical ceiling to how fast we can type and how much cognitive load we can process at once. AI presents an opportunity to reduce our workload and free up mental bandwidth. Instead, the industry is using it to strap developers to ever-increasing responsibilities. When the system eventually breaks under this pressure, it will be the human in the loop that gives out.