# When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

<https://hbr.org/2026/03/when-using-ai-leads-to-brain-fry>

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## What Jamie wrote

I can 100% vouch for this! Automatic coding sessions are both exhilarating and exhausting. This will need to be factored into job functions as we embrace AI more. An engineer working with an agentic coding team probably likely can only do that for 4-5 hours before needing a substantial recovery period.

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