The machine is brilliant at the work your brain finds effortful. The danger was never the tool — it’s handing over the wrong things. Answer a few honest questions about the work you actually do, and we’ll map what to keep close, and what to let go.
List the word you actually did at work last week. Be as specific as you can — “writing the board update,” not “communication.” Add four to eight.
Three quick reads per task, and which kind of thinking it really calls on.
We hand work to the machine for all kinds of reasons — some sound, some just habit. Pick those that ring true, as many as you like.
Here are your tasks mapped onto a matrix that plots stakes against human judgement. Top right is your peak performance zone; bottom left, the things you can pass to the machine without eroding or diluting the human skills that make you valuable.