Charles HudsonFounder and Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures

The "Always On" AI Trap 🛑

3 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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Charles Hudson compares the pressure to constantly use AI tools to the "996" work culture that demands always-on productivity. He argues this creates compulsion to stay busy with AI tasks that may be unnecessary or poorly thought through, questioning whether it actually adds value or just fuels pointless work.

When we talked about 996 a while ago as this sort of anxiety-related cope. Mm-hmm. I think some of that, people know that these tools are always available. So it feels like if I'm not working all the time and I'm not giving my agents work to do, I'm missing out and I'm falling behind. If you believe that everybody you're competing with is working all the time and has agents doing things all the time, it's natural to also feel like I should be doing the same. Whether that work all needs to be done, is useful, is well thought out, is a whole nother question.