Treat AI as a prosthesis when it excels, a coworker when it merely good
repligate · x · 2026-09-25
AskYatharth proposes a mental model: for tasks AI is extremely good at, treat it as an instrument of your will—a tool, a prosthesis you barely remember is separate from you. For things AI is only merely good at, treat it like a coworker whose psychology and shared understanding of the project you continually try to grasp, check in on, and care about. OpenAI researcher repligate (Janus) reshared the thread.
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