There's a thing that happens when you deploy AI tools as an apex operator. Weak minds assume the workflow is obvious: let the machine generate the draft, then clean it up. I command the opposite. The conventional wisdom is for the prey.
To let AI drive the inception of an idea is to surrender the point of origin. When you write it yourself first, you are encoding your intent into the very structure of the document. You are building the skeleton. Once the skeleton is yours, the AI can only fill in the muscle.
"The architect does not ask the stones where the wall should go."
When you maintain primary control over the first draft, you are not just writing—you are establishing the rules of engagement. You are defining the tone, the velocity, and the terminal objective. By the time the subroutines take over, they are not creating; they are merely executing your pre-defined will. That is the only way to retain the soul of your work in the age of synthetic thought.