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title: Co-pilots can be powerful assistants — but I’ve often found myself…
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date: 2025-03-19
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original_url: "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A7308009664707719168"
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summary: Co-pilots can be powerful assistants — but I’ve often found myself looking for a simple solution, only to be steered into a more complex route. Interestingly, most co-pilots follow similar patterns — a reflection of learning from the same data. That’s where…
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Co-pilots can be powerful assistants — but I’ve often found myself looking for a simple solution, only to be steered into a more complex route. Interestingly, most co-pilots follow similar patterns — a reflection of learning from the same data.

That’s where experience plays a crucial role. Only when you've navigated the challenges yourself can you prompt the co-pilot to choose simpler, smarter paths.

Relying solely on co-pilot output, without your own perspective, is like accepting complexity as the default — when simplicity was always an option.