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A few sparks from the essays. More to come.
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Human judgment
The real question is whether I understand what AI produced.
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But speed is only one part of the result.

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Tools & craft
You do not need to understand every AI coding product.
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The number of AI coding tools is becoming ridiculous.

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Tools & craft
The chef does not grow every vegetable, forge every knife, build the oven, or create every recipe from nothing.
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Does that mean the chef did not create the meal?

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Perspective
Point out the real problem. Simply saying, “You used AI,” tells me nothing about the quality of the work.
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If you want to criticize someone for using AI, bring receipts. What is actually wrong with the result?

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Perspective
Everyone else is learning how to use the technology as it develops.
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Not because these tools are useless, but because nobody needs all of them at the same time.

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Bassel El-Bizri@basselbi
Human judgment
Search is not only a box that returns documents.
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It is a conversation between a person, a question, and the evidence that can answer it.

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Tools & craft
I like ambitious ideas. I trust the small useful thing that actually ships a little more.
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A working first version gives the next decision something real to react to.

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Perspective
Some of my best work starts after the formal workday ends.
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Not because the day was empty. Because a little quiet makes room for the question I kept postponing.

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Perspective
Identity is not a field in a form. It has geography.
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Montréal is where I build; Sidon is one of the places that taught me what memory is for.

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Caught up. Stay curious.

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