The distinction that matters isn't AI or no AI — it's whether your thinking went through the response before it reached someone else. I'm building an app almost entirely with AI assistance as a non-technical founder. Half the time it leads me confidently down the wrong path and I spend my time course-correcting back to my original vision. I think that's the new way of working. I don't need to do the act of writing, but I do need to keep the assistant on track to where I want the project to go. The moment you remove that step by just pasting output directly, you've outsourced your judgment, not just your typing and you'll get coherent slop.