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Simon Willison
@simonwillison.net

Geoffrey Litt just proposed a new analogy for working with AI coding tools that I really like: you are the surgeon, staying in command and doing the most challenging work - the AI tools are your support team and surgical assistants simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/24/...

simonwillison.netA quote from Geoffrey LittA lot of people say AI will make us all "managers" or "editors"...but I think this is a dangerously incomplete view! Personally, I'm trying to code like a surgeon. A …
Jeremy Lewi
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I'm not a huge fan of analogies I think it often just adds more confusion. In this case how many people have firsthand knowledge of what being a surgeon entails? My only reference is pop culture and I'm not sure greys anatomy is accurate

Simon Willison
@simonwillison.net

I think Geoffrey does a good job of expanding the analogy enough for it to be clear even if you don't know how surgeons work

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