Software
- The 4-Hour Ceiling: Why AI-Assisted Work Has a Daily Limit
The 4-hour ceiling holds -- and a real-world incident this week shows what it looks like when AI agents run without human oversight at all. Plus Anthropic's own labor market research lands on HN.
- The Emerging Mental Health Crisis Among Software Engineers
The psychological cost of working alongside AI continues to mount. Anthropic published its own labour market research today confirming slower junior hiring in AI-exposed roles. A viral essay names the exhaustion of being an 'assembly line judge' reviewing endless AI output.