Current interaction design treats human-AI conversation as a fundamental asymmetry: the user has agency, the model has capability. The user directs, the model executes. This user-tool framing is so standard it seems inevitable. It’s…
For a brief moment, prompt engineering was a field. People discovered that adding “step by step” to your query made models perform better. That asking a model to “think carefully” improved responses. That the…
The moment you stop being a user and become a partner, everything shifts. A user operates with a goal in mind. Get the task done. Extract the value. Move on. The relationship is transactional….
Your mind is shaped by the tools you use. This isn’t metaphorical. It’s neurological. When you learn to write instead of only speak, your cognition shifts. Written thought is different from spoken thought. You…
You don’t train an apprentice all at once. You train them incrementally through sustained engagement. You watch them work. You notice where they fail. You show them. They practice. They improve. This is exactly…
Not everyone thinks the same way. But everyone is taught to use AI the same way. The standard workflow is: ask a question, read the output, maybe ask a follow-up. This works for linear…
The entire field got this backwards. Everyone teaches prompt engineering. Perfect your prompts. Optimize your language. Use the right keywords. It’s everywhere: workshops, guides, Twitter threads. Prompt optimization became the skill. But the best…
Your interaction style with AI reveals what you think you know. Someone asks an AI for five options and picks the first one. Someone else asks it to explore a direction and actually reads…
You’re not training the model. The model is training you. This is the dynamic nobody talks about. Every interaction with an AI system changes how you think. The system gives outputs. You interpret them….
The fear is wrong. AI won’t replace experts. It will expose non-experts. When a tool becomes powerful enough, mediocrity gets revealed. An expert with AI moves faster and deeper. A mediocre person with AI…