By Molly Cantillon
Publication Date: 2026-01-23 02:44:00
A few months ago I surrendered to the Matrix. I entered all of my information – bank accounts, emails, investments – into Claude Code, a coding assistant powered by Claude AI from Anthropic, and began automating my life through it.
It happened almost by accident. For context: I am the founder of NOX, an AI-powered inbox organization tool, and I have a very busy schedule. I made commitments I couldn’t keep track of and was so overwhelmed by thousands of notifications that I put my phone on permanent Do Not Disturb mode. I was desperate and Claude promised salvation. All I had to do was give him all the data about my life and he started programming “agents” – little AI helpers that live in your computer – to do whatever tasks I needed done.
It’s a personal matter Panopticon. This is not the first time in history that our every click is tracked. It’s simply the first time we can use it to our own advantage. Tech companies harvest terabytes…