Not long ago, I found myself pair programming in a way I never expected. As a former business analyst sitting beside developers, and also a developer sitting alongside developers, I was used to articulating requirements while my human partner typed away. But this time, my partner wasn’t human at all; it was an AI coding assistant. Guiding ChatGPT through building a feature, I had a flashback to Extreme Programming (XP) sessions from years past. The rhythm felt familiar: a “driver” writing code (the AI) and a “navigator” guiding the problem-solving (me). In that moment, I realized that using AI to