One of the fastest ways to creativity with AI is to say:
“Just help with this.”
I have done versions of this professionally, personally, creatively, and domestically, with varying degrees of grace and unnecessary tabs.
The reason this works so well is because it harnesses a principle about AI — the need for specificity — and flips it to your advantage.
When AI has no clear role, it tries to be helpful in every direction at once.
Which actually works really well for creative iteration.
One of those scatter shots may land, and then you can iterate down into something you meant to create. I love this for finding out what I’m thinking.
But if you’re looking for AI to really and truly replace or reliably support some of your work, the better question is:
“What should this AI be trusted to do repeatedly, clearly, and safely?”
That changes the whole response.
These are two sides of the same coin.
If you are not building a system of specific functions like:
- gather
- sort
- summarize
- compare
- draft
- check
- escalate
Then you are brainstorming and iterating.
Both are useful.
But specific function instructions and skills are where AI starts becoming dependable and repeatable.
Your level of clarity is also its level of clarity.
Use both approaches accordingly.
