Why Am I So Tired If AI Is Doing All the Work?

There’s this concept in Computer Science called thrashing. The tl;dr is that thrashing can happen when programs running on a computer are actively using more memory than can fit in RAM. The OS will keep moving data between memory and disk, making room for something by removing something else (that it will need again shortly). And, at some point, so much time goes into moving things around that the programs barely make any real progress. Boy, oh boy, isn’t that every single one of us right now using AI? One agent is working, and you, almost by reflex, will start something else. Kind of like doomscrolling: you don’t even realize you’re doing it. And by the way, of course we’re doing it! These apps (Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) make it so easy to keep several things going at once. It feels silly to be sitting there watching the agent build your thing while you’re just passively watching. But I think this exact behavior is what’s making a lot of us feel exhausted at the end of the…

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