In february, I wrote about building an AI growth team. In march - it was all about hestia my AI Chief of Staff.
All of that is dead now.
Seven months later, I’m doing less automation and using AI more than ever. Here’s me dual wielding my laptops.
After a week off AI because I was busy with my new company 😉 (still hiring btw), I binged 2 billion tokens over three days. Without Fable.
Still going absolutely crazy. But differently.
Two things changed.
First: banner blindness. Automated updates became noise. I stopped reading them. Didn’t matter whether I’d built the automation or someone else had. More information arriving wasn’t helping me do better work.
Second: I was losing momentum by being outside the work. Things were happening, so it felt like progress. But my judgment wasn’t being used where it could actually improve the outcome.
I increasingly think there are two modes of working with AI:
Delegation: I know what the result should be. The rules are clear. Go do it.
Collaboration: My input changes the result. Build something, let me react, and we’ll figure it out together.
Same as working with humans, honestly.
My bet is that AI will take over more deterministic work: jobs with a correct, checkable answer. Creative work still needs us deciding what’s interesting, useful, or worth pursuing.
So most of my work now is collaboration—and building tools that make collaboration easier.
I’m trying to bring the distance between my intent, judgment, and execution to zero.
A few examples:
iOS: I record my screen and narrate feedback while using the app, then feed that video to the agent. So much easier than translating every observation into written instructions.
Product decisions: I get Claude to build an HTML page with illustrated, multiple-choice options. I can see the alternatives and choose.
Testing: Automated end-to-end tests handle repeatable checks. I also use the product myself to judge how it feels.
Video: I’m building a recording studio and teleprompter workflow so I can get from lines to a recorded take with less friction.
These tools keep me involved at the moments where my input matters.
That’s what I want more of: a shorter path from having a thought to seeing it work.
Until next time,
Ajay
P.S I’m going to drop some of these tools / workflows on Linkedin - so follow me there.
