Modes of AI Assistance

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AI can assist in two main modes: co-pilot mode, where it provides real-time help that users consciously switch to when needed while remaining in control, and delegation mode, where tasks are completely offloaded to AI with the goal of achieving consistent results without the need for constant review.

I spent an hour and a half with Nathan Labenz, who went deep with me on using ChatGPT to:

Save days of time on programming projects
Boost his creativity
Provide access to limitless expertise

We covered both the practical and philosophical, including:

Using AI in copilot versus delegation mode
How ChatGPT relieves the hidden drudgery of creative work
Prompting techniques to maximize your thought partnership with ChatGPT
How he believes AI will do for cognitive labor what the Industrial Revolution did for manual labor

Nathan is an expert and one of the most interesting thinkers in AI today. I’m excited to share his thinking with you—like, comment, subscribe, and share if you liked this episode.