Ex-Microsoft Exec Mikhail Parakhin: Working With LLMs Now Feels Like Being Back in College
MParakhin · x · 2026-10-12
Mikhail Parakhin, former Microsoft advertising CEO, describes how his relationship with LLMs has evolved:
- First it felt like parenting a child;
- Then like managing a team — explaining, double-checking everything, rolling his eyes;
- Now it feels like college again: reading long texts he barely understands, asking endless questions, feeling stupid.
A resonant practitioner's take on the changing experience of working with AI.
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