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AI & Judgment

People Saying They “Use AI”

The real advantage is not access to the tool and using it like a google search. It is context and judgment.

At this point, that is like saying you use Excel. The real advantage is not access to the tool and using it like a google search.

It is context and judgment.

AI can produce:

A polished answer that is strategically wrong.

A beautiful model built on bad assumptions.

A ten-point action plan when the real issue is that no one wants to make a hard decision.

The barrier to producing analysis, ideas, summaries, and strategy is collapsing. That is powerful and exciting for internal progress.

It also means intelligence and strategy are becoming a commodity. Judgment is not.

Knowing what problem actually matters.

Knowing what context is missing.

Knowing when the output is useful and when it is just well-formatted nonsense.

Knowing how to turn insight into a real decision, process, or outcome.

That is where the value moves. AI will reward people who can direct it.

Photo: Teotihuacan Pyramids - Outside Mexico City

First published on LinkedIn.

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Burton Bennett

Finance and operations leader working across the U.S. & Mexico.

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