In technology, a passthrough is a device that allows a signal to transfer from a source to a receiver. A VCR could act as a passthrough for S-video signals to reach the TV. 

This concept applies to our work. In some ways, you act as a passthrough for ideas, directives, and requests. When these ideas pass through you, you learn and gain experience in the process.

When you rely on AI to come up with plans, or AI agents to execute, you are making the agent the passthrough. You will still learn, albeit at a much more shallow level, and the lessons won’t sink in.

The main reason I slow my editing down is because it more clearly allows me to process what’s happening. Whether or not AI helps by interpreting the requests, making useful suggestions, etc., I still want the edits to pass through me. In slowing things down, and logging it, I also create the conditions for my mind to make a judgment instead of just accepting what AI suggests.