Don’t Be a Meat Proxy
Simon Willison
EDITOR BRIEF
The excerpt warns against “meat proxy” behavior: copying and pasting AI output to others without checking it. It encourages people to prompt AI, then read, understand, and verify the result before replying in their own words. That extra effort shows real value.
INSIGHTS
For coding or AI work, the key habit is to treat model output as a draft, not final truth. Next time you use AI, verify one answer yourself and rewrite it clearly before sharing.
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