I recently overheard a conversation in a River Falls, Wisconsin, coffee shop that has stayed with me.A person was venting to a friend about being forced to use AI—likely Microsoft Copilot—within a work spreadsheet. After several rounds of frustrating trial and error, she eventually gave up and finished the task manually. In the end, the “shortcut” had cost her more time than if she’d just done the work herself from the start.To many, this sounds like a failure. But I see it as a green flag. It’s...