{
  "id": 17715813,
  "title": "AI saves me hours, but I don’t trust it blindly",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/ai-saves-me-hours-but-i-dont-trust-it-blindly",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-02T01:00:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "e27",
    "slug": "e27",
    "url": "https://e27.co/ai-saves-me-hours-but-i-dont-trust-it-blindly-20261028/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "AI has become an integral part of my daily routine, used frequently for tasks ranging from writing and research to campaign planning and troubleshooting. It has undoubtedly saved me countless hours, especially when it comes to drafting initial content, organizing information, and tackling time-consuming tasks. However, the more I rely on AI, the more I realize the importance of not trusting its output blindly. It's easy to become complacent once you've experienced the time-saving benefits of AI, but it's crucial to remember that just because it sounds confident, it doesn't mean it's always right.\n\nA personal example that highlights this point is when I asked ChatGPT to help me check Singapore's TOTO lottery results against a specific set of numbers. While it seemed like a straightforward task, provided a URL to the results page, the AI's responses were incorrect on several occasions. What made this frustrating wasn't just the mistake, but the way the information was presented as if it were factual and verified. This experience underscores that if an AI can get something as simple as lottery results wrong, imagine the potential for errors when using it for tasks like researching business opportunities or preparing information for others to rely on.\n\nAlthough AI can be helpful in generating ideas, such as exploring different approaches for sponsorship proposals, developing marketing campaigns, or positioning services, it's essential to remember that it doesn't possess the same level of understanding about your businesses or the nuances involved. For instance, when developing a marketing campaign, AI might suggest an ambitious plan that looks promising on paper, but it's up to me, as the one responsible for execution, to evaluate whether such a campaign is realistic given my time, budget, and manpower constraints. Similarly, when working on longer projects like website development, I've noticed that AI can lose track of instructions or forget previously agreed-upon decisions, requiring me to restate them and verify completed work. This highlights that AI-generated work should be treated as something that requires review rather than a finished deliverable simply because the system says it's done. Ultimately, AI can assist in making decisions and evaluating options, but it cannot make the final decisions or understand the specific context of your situation.",
  "summary": "I use AI almost every day. Sometimes, several times a day. As someone managing a digital publication and overseeing marketing for an esports business, I’ve come to rely on ChatGPT (and sometimes Claude) for everything from writing and research to campaign planning and website troubleshooting. It’s saved me countless hours, particularly when it comes to […] The post AI saves me hours, but I don’t…",
  "key_points": [
    "AI saves hours on drafting, organizing, and troubleshooting tasks.",
    "Over-reliance on AI requires verifying its output for accuracy.",
    "AI lacks deep understanding of specific business context and constraints."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Relying on artificial intelligence for professional productivity requires constant human oversight to prevent confident but incorrect outputs from compromising the accuracy and feasibility of critical business tasks.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}