We’re thinking about AI wrong.

I keep noticing the same pattern: companies that treat AI as an autonomous agent that should “just figure it out” tend to be disappointed. Meanwhile, companies that treat AI as an extension of their existing workforce, an amplifier of human capability rather than a replacement, are seeing genuinely transformative results. Thats not to say that AI can’t act automonously with specific tasks (see the rise of OpenClaw as a viral proof of concept), but even that still acts as an extension of human decision making and context.

The framing matters more than we realize. And I think the best mental model for understanding AI isn’t a new coworker. It’s an exoskeleton.

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