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title: Copilots are like humans.
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date: 2025-09-30
source: linkedin
original_url: "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A7378828780095655937"
topics: ["agentic-ai"]
summary: Copilots are like humans. First, they invent a problem. Then, they proudly solve it. In practice, that means copilots can generate complexity that wasn’t there before. They might over-engineer a simple task, suggest unnecessary fixes, or loop through steps…
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Copilots are like humans.  
First, they invent a problem.  
Then, they proudly solve it.

In practice, that means copilots can generate complexity that wasn’t there before. They might over-engineer a simple task, suggest unnecessary fixes, or loop through steps that lead back to the starting point.

Sounds familiar? It’s the same tendency humans have — turning straightforward problems into puzzles just to prove we can solve them.

The takeaway: Copilots are not magic wands. They need engineering discipline, clear boundaries, and well-defined objectives. Otherwise, we risk spending time solving problems that never existed in the first place.

Agentic AI will only succeed when we design systems that focus on the right problems — not just any problems.