There’s a principle in UX design I find helpful: the fidelity of a design should match the fidelity of thought.
When you’re still exploring ideas, a low-resolution wireframe is the right tool. A polished mockup, with illustrations and finished copy comes only once the thinking is that far along. The point is to give feedback at the right level, and to set expectations for what people are actually looking at.
One problem I keep seeing with AI in writing workflows is that it breaks this principle by default. It produces polished artifacts that look far more finished than the thinking behind them actually is.
It is worth remembering this principle when we use these tools. Reach for the flashy output when your thinking has genuinely earned that fidelity.
If it hasn’t, start with a few bullets in a doc or a spreadsheet instead. That way everyone in the room knows exactly what level of discussion they’re actually having.
