Should you use AI for a task? Here’s a simple way to decide | Bruce Schneier
‘The writing assignments I give my students are gym tasks, not work tasks.’ Photograph: Rick Lewis/AlamyView image in fullscreen‘The writing assignments I give my students are gym tasks, not work tasks.’ Photograph: Rick Lewis/AlamyOpinionAI (artificial intelligence)Should you use AI for a task? Here’s a simple way to decideBruce SchneierSometimes, what matters isn’t your output but what you put into the process. Think of it like work v the gymFri 24 Jul 2026 08.00 EDTLast modified on Fri 24 Jul 2026 08.01 EDTShareI teach public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Munk School at the University of Toronto.
- ▪‘The writing assignments I give my students are gym tasks, not work tasks.’ Photograph: Rick Lewis/AlamyView image in fullscreen‘The writing assignments I give my students are gym tasks, not work tasks.’ Photograph: Rick Lewis/AlamyOpinionA
- ▪Here’s a simple way to decideBruce SchneierSometimes, what matters isn’t your output but what you put into the process.
- ▪Think of it like work v the gymFri 24 Jul 2026 08.00 EDTLast modified on Fri 24 Jul 2026 08.01 EDTShareI teach public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Munk School at the University of Toronto.
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‘The writing assignments I give my students are gym tasks, not work tasks.’ Photograph: Rick Lewis/AlamyView image in fullscreen‘The writing assignments I give my students are gym tasks, not work tasks.’ Photograph: Rick Lewis/AlamyOpinionAI (artificial intelligence)Should you use AI for a task? Here’s a simple way to decideBruce SchneierSometimes, what matters isn’t your output but what you put into the process. Think of it like work v the gymFri 24 Jul 2026 08.00 EDTLast modified on Fri 24 Jul 2026 08.01 EDTShareI teach public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Munk School at the University of Toronto. And it will come at no surprise to you that my students regularly use AI to complete their writing assignments. Doing so is a waste of their tuition money.
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