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AFTER “AI-FIRST” COMES “AI-ONLY”

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Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter

'AI-first' asks whether AI can do the work of the human pilot. 'AI-only' means extensive workflows in which no human sits inside the operating loop. Humans still set the goals, values, constraints, and conditions for escalation, but execution runs end-to-end on machines. This shifts humans from participating in workflows to being a steward of the system.