The attention tax: what nobody tells you about 24/7 AI agents
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An agent that runs around the clock is sold as passive income. It isn't. It's a business that pays you nothing and bills you constantly — in the one currency you can't mint more of: your attention . We run such agents daily, and here are the three bills nobody itemizes — plus what legally reduces t…
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- 2026-08-29 14:24 · DEV Community — AI
The attention tax: what nobody tells you about 24/7 AI agents