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AI as Rubber Duck
Sometimes I'm not asking for an answer. I'm asking for a patient audience while I find it myself.
processthinking
The rubber duck doesn't need to be smart. It needs to be present. You explain the problem out loud, and somewhere in the explanation the solution surfaces.
AI is a rubber duck that occasionally interrupts with something useful. That's not a downside — it's a different kind of thinking partner than I expected.