AI assistants have trained us to accept a strange default: ask for an outcome, receive a wall of text, then do the work of turning that text into something usable.
That default is convenient for a model. It is not always useful for a person.
A recipe is not only a paragraph. A project plan is not only a list. A comparison is not only a summary. These outcomes have structure, decisions, state, and actions. When the answer has a shape, the interface should reflect that shape.
Text is a transport format, not always the final product
Text is excellent for explanation, exploration, and ambiguity. It is portable, searchable, and easy to generate.
