Put Your A.I. Agents to Work with These 4 Killer Tasks (Gift Article)

Da bilen for alvor etablerte seg i Oslo på 1950-tallet, var det en kort periode på noen få år der det var deilig å være oslobilist. Ingen køer. Parkering overalt. Men så kom alle de andre etter. Og siden har bybilisme i Oslo vært noe herk. Ble verden bedre? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/t...

None of these tasks look like they're worth cooking the planet for. Book a table at a restaurant? It's already easy enough with apps like Resy and OpenTable. Buy tires? I get tires either at CostCo or the tire place most convenient for me, I'm not shopping around. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/t...

Perhaps this is an indicator that "I am getting too old for this shit" but none of these seem like "killer" tasks that would save me a lot of time. But here are five things that would be "killer" if done perfectly every time: 1) De-anonymizing my accepted manuscripts www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/t...

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For only $100 a month an AI agent might even perform the complicated task of breathing for you, because “Why would I ever do this the old way again?” And that’s a real killer task.

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I'm somewhat amazed that the author believes their use cases are compelling evidence for the utility of a personal AI agent. Buddy, you paid a $100/month subscription to save $80 on tires. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/t...

Put Your A.I. Agents to Work With These 5 Killer Tasks. (Who is doing this?)

Put Your A.I. Agents to Work with These 4 Killer Tasks

Put Your A.I. Agents to Work With These 5 Killer Tasks Utterly irresponsible decision ! “So why not ask a bot to sit at a computer and wait for the tables to open up?” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/t...

[Eye roll] Killer tasks? Really? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/t...

Last night agents crossed over to become a thing. From the front page of the @NYT digital

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