The Problem Wasn't the Model
I spent the first three months treating AI like a calculator. Type a question, get an answer. Occasionally useful, mostly generic.
DTC operator · AI builder
7 years scaling consumer brands. Now building AI systems. Writing at the intersection — for operators who want the structural view, not the ChatGPT-for-email take.
I spent the first three months treating AI like a calculator. Type a question, get an answer. Occasionally useful, mostly generic.
You're probably sick of being told to learn AI tools. But this isn't that post.
The agent hype isn't about AI capability. It's about human org design, and we're copying the wrong thing.