Thinking of AI as a decently smart human with infinite patience and willpower
shauseth · x · 2026-09-08
The author offers a simple mental model: treat AI as "a decently smart human with infinite patience and willpower." The point isn't that AI is smarter than people, but that it never tires—making it ideal for tedious, sustained-effort tasks you'd rather delegate.
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