Katie Parrott describes how AI autopilot led her to repeat an assignment
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Every's Katie Parrott says she sent a client a finished article draft, then found on rereading the brief that she had already written the same piece four weeks earlier.
She ties the episode to research on AI reliability, which she says shows that the more reliable AI becomes, the less people check its output. Parrott argues for slowing down to review AI-generated work more carefully. The report is her own account, and the research she cites is not described in detail.
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AIEvery's Katie Parrott says she sent a client a finished article draft, then reread the brief and found she had already completed the same assignment four weeks earlier. She says the episode, along with research on AI reliability, shows that more reliable AI leads people to check its work less, and she argues for slowing down to give AI output the scrutiny it needs.
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