What does it mean to co-pilot with AI instead of just using it as a tool?
Co-piloting means the human supplies context, direction, and evaluation while the AI handles generation — drafting, expanding, and iterating at speed. Treating AI as a system you steer, rather than a vending machine for answers, is what separates people who get compounding value from AI from people who get inconsistent results.
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