Over the past months, I’ve been trying to learn how to interact productively with ChatGPT 4 on a programming project. I am only at the beginning of my understanding, and, while it is certainly not perfect, it is shocking useful at many tasks.
(Aside: Haven’t thought about using one of the new AI models or not sure where to start or not sure what to make of it all? Co-Intelligence is an outstanding read.)
And there is something AI can’t do, insofar as I can tell: It can’t tell me if I am focusing on the right problem.
It cannot tell me if I am focusing on the real issue or a sideshow that will waste time and energy.
This is a hugely important skill, and one that we do well to focus on cultivating more intently, even apart from the expanding capability of our tools.
So, before engaging any tools at our disposal, it is good to ask: What is the problem I am trying to solve? What is all of this effort for?
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