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AI works better when you give tools and freedom instead of forcing them into rigid, hand-designed workflows—because gene…

Rohan Paul Twitter · Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-06-06

Claude Code creator Boris Cherny argues at Anthropic's developer conference that AI systems perform better when given open-ended tools and autonomy rather than constrained to rigid, hand-designed workflows.

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  • AI systems work better when given tools and freedom rather than forced into rigid, hand-designed workflows.
  • General learning systems scale better than constrained, workflow-specific designs.
  • Boris Cherny is the creator of Claude Code at Anthropic.

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AI works better when you give tools and freedom instead of forcing them into rigid, hand-designed workflows—because general learning systems scale better.
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