Ever Needed Someone to Bounce Ideas Off Of at 2am?

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Lauren Hoffman

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Answered on June 21st, 2026

AI has a place, and is a tool that can help immensely to save time with mundane tasks.  Today, I used it to separate a client contact spreadsheet that exported with a "name" column that included first and last name in the same data cell.  When I was about 50 out of 1600 names into separate "first name" and "last name" columns, it occured to me that AI could do this in 3 minutes... and it did.  I see the danger when we start using AI as a tool to outsource human relations, emotional regulation, and a sense of belonging.  I don't need AI to give me affirmations or tell me how good my ideas are.  I know that.  Bouncing ideas and seeing different perspectives is a gray area... and I think it's fine as long as we stay in the driver's seat with being the decision-making human.  AI is great for data acquisition and information management and comparisons... and we need to make the decisions, and take responsibility for the outcomes, and self-reflect on our impact on this human world.

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Jun 21st, 2026
Great response, Lauren. Couldn't agree more about humans in the loop in general. All I do are automations that focus on the human touch point. Where's the sweet spot for saving a person massive amounts of time, while still maintaining the true personal approach to what's being delivered, or approved? Validating the output of AI is grossly underprioritised. As far as AI being a great sound board, I can only say from personal experience that the models I use have been customized in a way I like them to respond, and the type of processing of information that works best for me. Doing this has made AI understand me more than general conversation. I’ve had AI remind me of conversations from months ago and tie together information, organically, because it knows my company direction, and style of learning and doing business. I definitely don’t need AI for anything emotional, but from a business and learning perspective it's made me stronger at doing what I do on many levels. I’d love to know more how you used AI for your client sheet.
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