A running theme of the AI stuff is its *managerializing influence.* Which, in hindsight, was unavoidable. It's not just here to be obsequious, it's here to be obedient and subservient. What role does that put you in?

But specifically: you've probably had a boss with some really underbaked ideas. It is easy to roll your eyes at your boss for their handwavey, half-considered model of reality, but this isn't a moral failure of your boss (er.. well. I can't say, I don't know your boss). What's going on is that engagement with the process is really good, and your boss is detached from it, and this is how that detachment manifests. You, on the other hand, are there on the ground, spending time, observing things, considering possibilities, noticing opportunities. There really isn't a substitute for the time and place of it - either you have presence or you don't.

LLMs managerialize. They separate you from the action, from that perspective, from the benefits of presence.