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I think autonomous agent is often just unpaid ops labor with better branding

I’m getting skeptical of how people talk about AI agents. A lot of “agent” ideas seem to automate work that companies never valued highly in the first place. That is the problem. If the workflow is low-value, low-risk, and nobody owns the metric, making it autonomous may not create a business. It j…

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  1. 2026-10-30 12:52 · r/AI_Agents
    I think autonomous agent is often just unpaid ops labor with better branding

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