Are you dishwasher-lazy? If so, you probably don’t get what you want out of it.
Do you rinse/pre-wash your dishes before you put them in the dishwasher?
You may not want to. You may say things like, “what good is it if I have to?” You may decide to buy a [better/more expensive/commercial] dishwasher to give you the illusion that you don’t.
But you know it’s not true.
No matter what dishwasher you use, if you don’t rinse the dishes, some will come out dirty.
The dishwasher is a tool. It works remarkably well, if and only if you do the parts that you need to do. You’re still on the hook.
AI is the same.
AI is a tool. It works remarkably well, if and only if you do the parts that you need to. You’re still on the hook.
Here are some things you still need to do when you’re using AI:
- You must ask good questions, including iterating on those questions
- If you ask for information, you must check its work yourself
- If you ask it to write a letter, response, or paragraph for you, you must edit it yourself
- If you ask it to write code, you must test it yourself
- If you ask it to find a good candidate from a stack of resumes, you must look through them yourself
Don’t be AI-lazy. You won’t get what you want out of it.
