How Much Should AI Do?

Knowing When to Use AI, When to Automate, and When to Do It Yourself

There are more ways than ever to get work done. AI and automation can open up new possibilities. But deciding how much they should do starts with understanding what the work actually needs.

This book introduces five practical paths and helps you decide which approach fits the work you're trying to accomplish.

Coming October 14
Book cover for How Much Should AI Do? showing a person standing at the start of five diverging paths through a landscape, each marked with a symbol for doing it yourself, working with AI, automation, AI-assisted automation, and an AI agent.

More options. But which one makes sense?

You can do it yourself. Work with AI. Automate a process. Or let an AI agent handle multiple steps.

Having options is useful. Knowing which one fits the work is even better.

This book helps you think through those choices without getting lost in the technology.

A person sitting at a sunlit wooden desk in a home office, pen in hand, looking thoughtfully at an open laptop beside a notebook and a mug of coffee.

Five paths. A more intentional choice.

Inside, you'll learn about five different ways to approach your work:

  1. 1Do It Yourself
  2. 2AI-Assisted Work
  3. 3Automation
  4. 4AI-Assisted Automation
  5. 5AI Agent

You'll also find a practical exercise to help you evaluate your own work, consider the tradeoffs, and choose where to begin.

An open dark-green journal of handwritten notes and an olive pen on a sunlit wooden desk, beside a laptop, a mug of coffee, a potted plant, and a stack of books.

There's more than one way to get work done.

Your understanding of the work helps you decide which approach makes sense.

Coming October 14