A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and Gabriella Rosen Kellerman
March 5, 2026
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Summary.
On New Year’s Day, programmer Steve Yegge launched Gas Town, an open-source platform that lets users orchestrate swarms of Claude Code agents simultaneously, assembling software at blistering speed. The results were impressive, but also dizzying. “[T]here’s really too much going on for you to reasonably comprehend,” wrote one early user. “I had a palpable sense of stress watching it. Gas Town was moving too fast for me.”
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