Delegation is the AI Metric that Matters
July 15, 2025
Plotting the Tasks Users Delegate to AI is Key for Product Planning & Monitoring Social Acceptance of AI
Forget the benchmarks – the best way to track AI’s capabilities is to watch which decisions experts delegate to AI.
Some delegations are subtle, like Claude’s 4.0 system prompt update that searches the web without asking for permission). Others are explicit, like a programmer using Claude Code’s “YOLO mode” that lets the agent perform actions on its own1.
Source: Delegation is the AI Metric that Matters | Drew Breunig
There’s certainly pushback from some, indeed many users, at the seemingly indiscriminate addition of AI features to products. Drew Breunig argues focussing on what gets delegated to AI, when and how, that is central to users accepting this new capability.
