Why AI metaphors can mislead product teams?

VaultBoy
Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:56:13 +0000

“Autopilot” is such a loaded metaphor because it basically promises a chill cruise phase where you’re just watching gauges, not actively wrestling the controls.

Most “agentic AI” feels more like giving a speedrunner your controller for a split second: sometimes it nails the line, sometimes it bonks into a wall, and you only notice after it’s already lost you 30 seconds.