AI Is Not Autopilot: Designing Copilot Interfaces for the Post-Hype Era

Effective AI doesn't take the wheel — it works alongside the person using it. The interfaces that get this right share a few habits: the user stays in control, help shows up when it's actually relevant instead of all the time, the AI shows its reasoning rather than hiding it, output is easy to edit instead of take-it-or-leave-it, and none of it interrupts the work you were already doing.