Some AI products are starting to optimize humans out of the workflow entirely

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Summary

The author reflects on how some AI-powered tools are increasingly designing to remove humans from tasks rather than assist them, citing examples like Cursor and Runable where this approach creates usability issues.

I think we're entering a strange phase where software is no longer helping users do tasks better, it's trying to remove the user from the task altogether. There's a real difference between: AI assisting decisions, vs AI replacing interaction completely. Been experimenting with different tools lately, Cursor for coding, Runable for rapid UI concepts, and a few agent workflows, and the biggest usability problems usually happen when the system assumes the human is unnecessary. This meme is funny, but it also explains why so many "AI-powered" products feel weird to use right now. What’s an AI feature that actually made your workflow worse instead of better?
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