AI puts more of that work on the same table. That can make collaboration better. People see each other’s constraints sooner, and fewer meetings are spent explaining what could have been shown in thirty seconds.
But asking AI to do something isn’t the same as doing it yourself.
We’ve been prompting people to make things for us forever. You go to a restaurant, prompt the waiter with what you want, and a plate of food appears. Nobody leaves thinking they’re a great chef. They knew what they wanted for dinner.
AI works in a similar way. Giving it instructions can show taste, direction, and judgment. It still isn’t the same as having the underlying craft. You chose the dish. You didn’t make the sauce.
AI shouldn’t become an excuse to pressure people into moving faster while ignoring everything they’ve learned over twenty years in an industry. Experience includes failed launches, angry customers, strange edge cases, and that one Friday afternoon incident nobody wants to talk about.
AI can also make teams agree too quickly. Something looks polished, so everyone nods. The deck is beautiful. The prototype works. The problem is still quietly sitting in the corner, wearing a fake moustache.
Let AI speed up the boring parts. Let it help us work across disciplines. Just don’t pretend expertise can be replaced by a prompt and assumptions.
By all means, move faster. Just don’t confuse skipping the process with improving it.