"Avoid outsourcing work that builds essential intuition Tao warns that in mathematics, 'we've used problems to build intuition and to train people to have a good idea of what's true, what is provable, what is difficult' — and that 'getting the answers right away may actually inhibit that process.' He draws a direct parallel to software: even if AI can create a first prototype, lacking the skills built by writing the code yourself 'may impact your ability to maintain it down the road.' Before delegating a task to AI or a tool, ask whether the struggle of doing it yourself is building judgment you will need later; if so, do it manually until you have that intuition. Source: Terence Tao, Dwarkesh Podcast, Terence Tao – Hardest Math Problems, AI's Limits, and Scientific Progress"