I'm an AI strategist. Here are 4 things you'll never catch me using AI for

The author says AI is useful for drafting, summarizing, planning, and exploring ideas, but she prefers to stay hands-on when the stakes are high. She frames AI as a tool that can support thinking and speed, while final judgment and accountability remain human responsibilities.

Reading notes

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• AI can help with routine work and brainstorming, but it should not replace the person making the final call.
• Decisions that affect money, reputation, or strategy need human scrutiny, because responsibility does not transfer to the tool.
• AI should not decide what is fair, appropriate, or unbiased, since it reflects patterns in data rather than principles or risk tolerance.
• In hiring, an AI screening tool may miss context that a person would recognize, such as caregiving or military service.
• AI can sound confident while being wrong or outdated, so facts, assumptions, and feasibility need verification.
• In fields like finance, law, healthcare, and policy, accuracy matters more than speed from an incomplete picture.
• AI can draft messages, but it cannot read the room, repair trust, or understand shared history and power dynamics.
• The author says the goal is not to use AI less, but to use it with intention by asking how much is at stake and whether human judgment is needed.