AI can help us produce more, but it may also make us put less effort into understanding the real problem. The problem is that AI may generates a generic but polish-looking conclusion when it doesn't have enough context. And I've noticed that many people just drop all their documents to a chatbot or an agent, and wait for the final conclusion from AI. It may look convincing, but actually it may also lead us to make the wrong decision. It doesn't have to be this way. The key question of how to use AI efficiently is whether we have put our own judgement and thinking into the task. We should take ownership of the task again and ask AI to challenge each option from different perspectives. We still need to pay enough attention on the task, provide our initial thinking and the final purpose, interact with AI again and again for improving the shared understanding of the specific topic, expand our own mind and abilities of using AI.

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AI can help us produce more, but it may also make us put less effort into understanding the real problem. The problem is that when AI does not have enough context, it may generate a generic but polished-looking conclusion. I have noticed that many people simply drop all their documents into a chatbot or an agent and wait for AI’s final conclusion. The answer may look convincing, but it can still lead them to make the wrong decision.

It doesn’t have to be this way. The key question in using AI effectively is whether we put our own judgment and thinking into the task. We should take ownership of the task and ask AI to challenge each option from different perspectives. We still need to pay close attention to the task, provide our initial thoughts and ultimate goal, and interact with AI over several rounds to build a shared understanding of the specific topic. In this way, AI can help us broaden our thinking and strengthen our own abilities.