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The Attention Economy Inside Your Agent

DEV.to AIΒ·April 18, 2026

This content introduces the concept of a finite attention budget for AI agents, beyond just their token context window, highlighting how they decide what's worth processing time. It argues that agents, like humans, develop heuristic shortcuts and satisfice, allocating attention asymmetrically, which dictates their real-world success or failure.

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