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Before you automate a deliverable, write down who will check it, how long that check should take and what happens when the check fails.

The economic value of generated output depends on how cheaply and reliably a competent person can verify it in the real decision.

The first time I watched a machine draft something that looked finished, I almost signed off. The language was clean. The structure made sense. Then I tried to check three claims against the source material and burned more time reconstructing the case than the draft had saved. Speed had moved. The cost had not gone away. It had just changed rooms.

I remember the annoyance more than the draft. The tool had done its job. The review path had not.

Here’s my situation, so you know where I’m coming from.…