Making an AI workflow auditable: 15 tasks, 15 honest classifications
- ProblemNo matter how advanced AI gets, it can't mimic the authentic feel and point of view of a human being. Yet most people treat AI like magic copypasta - no thought about which tasks actually deserve it. I wanted to see where my time really goes, where I could squeeze in new tasks, and what I should cut. That takes an audit, not a vibe.
- ApproachI listed 15 real weekly tasks and classified each honestly: Just me / Delegate with review / Collaborative / Fully automate. Six stayed "just me" because the experience matters more than the result. For measurable work - lectures, quizzes, assignments - AI handles repetitive extraction and I keep judgment. My model: offload the repetitive, keep the creative. Then I wrote "done well" definitions before doing the work, in numbers.
- OutcomeA workflow someone else can audit and check, not just listen to - the same discipline I'd bring to a team lead who needs decision-ready reports instead of hand-waving. Standards: notes reviewed 90% before use, quiz scores at 80%+, assignments submitted 24 hours early with every claim checked against two or more sources.
Artifact: full workflow-audit captures being added during launch week - the source document exists and every number above traces to it. Nothing is faked.