Don't be a meat proxy
New term 'meat proxy' describes people who blindly relay AI output without validation
“By all means, prompt AI. But don't just relay the output. Read it, understand it, validate it, and then write a response in your own words (a decent certificate that you've done the prior steps). Making that effort is value you can add.”
Niklas Gruhn introduces the term 'meat proxy' to describe the growing behavior of uncritically forwarding AI-generated content to colleagues or peers. The concept highlights a failure mode in human-AI collaboration where people abdicate judgment rather than adding value through validation and synthesis. It's a memorable framing for an increasingly common workplace pattern as AI tools proliferate.