Offload cognition to AI for instrumental tasks, never for constitutive ones
arpitingle · x · 2026-09-10
arpitingle offers a crisp framework for AI use: offload cognition when the task is instrumental (you need the output, not the process — coding, debugging), but never when it's constitutive, where the thinking itself is what you're building: your judgment, taste, understanding, and identity.
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