Stop asking AI to be creative. Ask it to be correct

Since ChatGPT launched in 2022, most of us have accidentally fallen into a trap where we ask AI to do the parts of our work that are arguably the most human. We ask artificial intelligence to write our emails for us, to brainstorm new ideas, and to turn scattered ideas into clear plans and strategies. We humans have outsourced the fun, challenging stuff that requires we use our brains, but are still spending enormous amounts of time on the mundane. Slack found that the average employee spends about a third of the workweek on tasks they personally consider “low value.” For someone in finance, this might mean reconciling spreadsheets or hunting down missing information; for someone in sales, it could mean reviewing contracts or updating the CRM. These are necessary tasks to keep a company running, but in a world with humanoid robots, self-driving cars, and a path to superintelligence, why are they still left to humans? A 2026 Boston Consulting Group survey found that 42% of regular frontline AI users save at least a full workday each week with AI, yet more than half say they aren’t redirecting that time toward more strategic work. These “boring” tasks are precisely the tasks that ar…