One night after work in Dublin, Maahir Sharma watched an AI agent that he built call hotels in the United States and negotiate room rates on his behalf. The project wasn't part of his job. It was one of many AI experiments he pursues outside work to stay current in an industry being reshaped by AI . Sharma, a software engineer at a Big Tech company, says AI has dramatically increased his productivity , helping him complete some tasks in days that once took months. But he also spends about 20