AI must proactively suggest capabilities to reshape user cognition

perilli · x · 2026-08-15

The author argues that average users and even power users cannot keep up with AI's evolving capabilities. To maximize utility, AI needs to shift from passive response to proactive suggestions of what it can do, creating a virtuous flywheel that retrains users to contemplate new possibilities.

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