The UX Collective piece titled 'Fried' addresses AI-induced cognitive fatigue: the mental cost of constant context-switching, token anxiety, and always-on AI tool pressure.
The article frames this not as productivity discourse but as a UX problem. The systems designed to reduce friction may be generating a new category of stress.
The full piece is worth reading for its framing of the human side of AI workflows, a perspective underrepresented in coverage that defaults to benchmarks and capability announcements.
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