Why coding with AI feels like pulling a slot machine lever for dopamine

Developer Tao Bojlén noticed something uncomfortable about his days spent coding with Claude. After a long session, he didn't feel the pleasant tiredness of real work. "Instead, this jittery craving for more," he wrote. "It's the same unsatisfied hunger that I feel after doomscrolling." — Read the rest The post Why coding with AI feels like pulling a slot machine lever for dopamine appeared first on Boing Boing.