Exactly. The number of iterations you do is far more important than the amount of 'thinking' you do. It doesn't matter how intelligent or kn…

Exactly. The number of iterations you do is far more important than the amount of "thinking" you do. It doesn't matter how intelligent or knowledgeable you are. Reality will always push back. The world is a complex place, and every problem you solve will lead to ten new problems you will need to solve afterwards. It never ends. The practical "AI literacy" advice from this is to make sure you get rich, visual, legible, interactive feedback with every iteration, so that you are actually updating your mental model and not incurring understanding debt. Because the models will do exactly what you tell them to do, however smart or dumb it is. You cannot think your way to a perfect design. Only building and testing, over many iterations, can reveal the flaws in your mental model and provide the feedback you need to create the best design possible.

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Source: Francois Chollet (X) | 2026-04-19