AI has made the human the copilot, not the driver
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-07-22
A short exchange about how the old “centaur chess” era faded once AI improved, turning the relationship around: humans are now the copilot.
The post argues that “copilot” is becoming the new engineering skill, and that people need to learn alien AI-native workflows instead of staying in the driver’s seat.
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