The AI feature nobody is shipping: a system that asks you questions
Description and use
<h1> The AI feature nobody is shipping: a system that asks you questions </h1> <p>Open any AI product and you get the same shape: you type a task, it executes, you get a result. Confident and fast. It's also missing the one thing that would have made it correct, which is a question.</p> <p>I've spent the last year building agents for reporting, CRM, and support workflows. What keeps breaking isn't the model. It's the assumption that the person in front of it already knows how to describe what they want.</p> <h2> The execution trap </h2> <p>We've optimized hard for execution. Give the model a c
Problem
<h1> The AI feature nobody is shipping: a system that asks you questions </h1> <p>Open any AI product and you get the same shape: you type a task, it executes, you get a result. Confident and fast. It's also missing the one thing that would have made it correct, which is a question.</p> <p>I've spent the last year building agents for reporting, CRM, and support workflows. What keeps breaking isn't the model. It's the assumption that the person in front of it already knows how to describe what they want.</p> <h2> The execution trap </h2> <p>We've optimized hard for execution. Give the model a c
Outcome
<h1> The AI feature nobody is shipping: a system that asks you questions </h1> <p>Open any AI product and you get the same shape: you type a task, it executes, you get a result. Confident and fast. It's also missing the one thing that would have made it correct, which is a question.</p> <p>I've spent the last year building agents for reporting, CRM, and support workflows. What keeps breaking isn't the model. It's the assumption that the person in front of it already knows how to describe what they want.</p> <h2> The execution trap </h2> <p>We've optimized hard for execution. Give the model a c
Evidence
The AI feature nobody is shipping: a system that asks you questions
- Record date: 2026-10-04T11:41:26.519Z