The Workshop · Workshop 07 · Mastery
When to Use AI, When Not To
Five steps. About 25 minutes. Up to 7 stars. The constellation you're building is called First Decision.
The Workshop · Workshop 07 · Mastery
Five steps. About 25 minutes. Up to 7 stars. The constellation you're building is called First Decision.
AI is a tool. The question isn't "can I use it?" It's "should I, here?" That question is yours, not the machine's.
Some tasks deserve AI. Brainstorming. Speeding up boring work. Getting unstuck. Translating something. Summarizing a long thing.
Some tasks don't. Anything where the doing it yourself is the whole point. Practicing math. Writing your own opinion. Giving a real apology. Telling someone how you actually feel.
Mastery is not knowing how to use the tool. Mastery is knowing when to put it down.
That's the warm-up. When you've actually read it — not skimmed — tap below.
Pick the ones where AI would be a fair tool.
Click a situation, then the better call.
Write at least 3 things you'll use AI for, and at least 3 things you'll always do yourself. These are your rules — nobody else's.
Stuck? Things to consider for the "do it yourself" list: practicing your own handwriting, writing in a journal, telling a friend you're sorry, deciding what to wear.
One sentence. The test you'll run on yourself.