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# Always-On AI Agents Become Expected Infrastructure
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/always-on-ai-agents-become-expected-infrastructure/
- Published: 2026-05-06T16:11:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-06T16:11:01.000Z
- Description: The shift from Claude Code as novelty to expected baseline—where developers feel anxious without an agent running continuously—mirrors earlier adoption curves for Slack and cloud services. Friction has inverted: the cost of not using AI now exceeds the cost of using it.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-consumer, attention economy, creator economy, platform dynamics

Source: [Indieblog](https://molodtsov.me/2026/02/buildai/?utm%5Fsource=indieblog.page&utm%5Fmedium=rss&utm%5Fcampaign=indieblog.page)

The shift from Claude Code as novelty to expected baseline—where developers feel anxious without an agent running continuously—mirrors earlier adoption curves for Slack and cloud services. Friction has inverted: the cost of not using AI now exceeds the cost of using it. This changes hiring expectations, project timelines, and what skills command a premium. Developers who orchestrate agent work rather than execute it directly gain advantage. Enterprises that delay standardizing agent platforms risk internal capability gaps against what workers expect from consumer tools.