VideoHow many AIs do you supervise at once?
TL;DR Interruptions and constant reviewing cost you, not the work. Write one line on where an agent stands before you switch away.
How many AIs do you supervise at once? Two costs stack up. Interruptions: in one experiment, people who were interrupted reported much more stress and frustration, with no more errors. The cost lands on you, not on the work. And reviewing: checking output for mistakes is measurably hard and stressful.
Running three agents means paying both, all day.
Try this
Before you switch away from an agent, write one line: where it is and what's next. Less attention residue, better focus.
Sources: Mark et al., CHI 2008; Warm et al., Human Factors 2008; Leroy & Glomb, 2018.
