Don’t paste the AI.

What’s happening

Someone asked you a real question. You popped it into a chatbot, copied the answer, and sent it back.
It felt fast. It felt helpful. And it usually isn’t.

The person on the other side has the same tools you do. If they wanted the generic
answer, they would have gotten it in four seconds. They asked you because they wanted
your take on it… Your context, your taste, your judgement.

The world is filled with people that don’t want to read or think about things, don’t be one of them.

Try this instead

1. Use the AI. Really, go for it. It’s a great drafting partner. Just read what it gave you,
   then write your own take on it, don’t just be the proxy between it and the answer.
2. Pull out the bit that actually answers the question. Drop the rest. Three sentences from you is plenty.
3. If a piece of the model’s answer is genuinely useful, quote it and say why.
   I checked with Claude and this part lines up:” works great.
4. If you don’t have anything to add, it’s okay to say so. “No strong opinion
   here” is a real, helpful reply.

Want to send this to someone?

If someone just dropped a wall of model output in your DMs, Slack, or PR review, you can send them
this link. No lecture required.

dontpastetheai.com

Click to copy. They’ll get the hint.

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Not safe for sending to your manager. Probably.