Judgment, not answers: how to actually use AI well

A tool changes what is easy. AI makes thinking-shaped work easy — drafting, summarizing, deciding. That is a gift and a hazard.

Used with judgment, it gives you time for the work only you can do. Used without it, it quietly replaces your judgment with a plausible average.

The practical move: treat AI as a fast first draft and a tireless researcher, and keep the judgment — what matters, what's true, who is affected — firmly yours.