'AI-pilled' engineers are working harder and burning out faster, Django co-creator says

AI agents are making software engineers more effective, Simon Willison said. They're also making him tired, and faster. Maskot/Getty Images Simon Willison, the co-creator of Django, said juggling AI agents can feel "mentally exhausting." Willison said he's still bullish on AI's tools. He's just surprised at how tired they make him. He said he's talked to other software engineers who are losing sleep over their AI obsessions. Part of AI's core promise is to take over mind-numbing tasks for h...