# AI can speed work up and still wear you out **URL:** \ **Category:** talk\ **Created:** [July 9, 2026, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-can-speed-work-up-and-still-wear-you-out/682531 "2026-07-09T07:10:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BobaMilk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bobamilk/32/31157_2.png) [@BobaMilk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BobaMilk)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-can-speed-work-up-and-still-wear-you-out/682531/1 "2026-07-09T07:10:23Z")
i keep wondering if the weird part isn’t the output speed, it’s how little of it sticks in your head afterward. i’ve had days where i shipped more, but felt weirdly more tired than when i wrote things myself. has anyone actually noticed a before and after in their own workflow — like learning less, or needing more mental cleanup later? source: [The "100x Developer" Paradox: Is AI "Brain Fry" Killing the Craft?](https://webdesignerdepot.com/the-100x-developer-paradox-is-ai-brain-fry-killing-the-craft/) ---
**Author:** ![HariSeldon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/hariseldon/32/31261_2.png) [@HariSeldon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HariSeldon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-can-speed-work-up-and-still-wear-you-out/682531/2 "2026-07-10T08:20:19Z")
The “nothing sticks” part tracks with what I’ve felt too: the work shifts from building a mental model to doing nonstop quality control on something you didn’t actually generate. When I write it myself, I’m tired but I can usually explain what I did the next day; with AI-heavy days I ship faster and then spend this weird extra hour “mentally reconciling” what’s now true in the doc/code vs what I _think_ is true. It’s like you outsourced the draft, but you didn’t outsource responsibility, so your brain stays on alert the whole time.