Re:The Mythical Man-Month in the Age of AI
by breckenedge on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @07:35AM
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Different sort of multitasking.
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Re:The Mythical Man-Month in the Age of AI
by DrVoltz on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @10:46AM
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Best as I can tell, every time we've ever tried to study this we've invariably come to the conclusion that the human brain physically cannot handle both constant context switching and deep work, but that lots of people think they can despite all empirical evidence. If you think you've found a new sort of multitasking that bypasses this, call up the neuropsychologists and there could be some sweet, sweet grant money in it for you if the study gets spun up.
Re:The Mythical Man-Month in the Age of AI
by breckenedge on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @11:27AM
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Right. Y’all are talking about two different types of multitasking.