The Filter I’m Using for AI Overwhelm

Rich Gittings

2h • Wins 🌟

Nate’s post about AI overwhelm hit because I’ve been having this issue all year.

Now I try to filter anything that comes my way:

Do I only need to know this exists?

⤷ If yes, save it somewhere and move on.

Does this solve a problem I actually have right now?

⤷ If yes, it might be worth testing.

⤷ If no, save it and move on until I need it.

Can I point to a real workflow I already do repeatedly where this would save time or improve the output?

⤷ If yes, I experiment to see if I can turn it into, or incorporate it into, a skill/plugin.

⤷ If no, move on.

The thing that made this click for me was a payroll/client billing report I run every two weeks. Manually it took me about 4 hours. I set up an agent to run it on a schedule, tested it against old reports first so it could fail safely, and now I mostly just review the output.

So now, instead of checking what is new daily, I check weekly, and it really helps me stay organized. AI has stopped being a time sink and is now just a really useful tool. I go to my favorite sites/pages/channels once a week and check in to see what is new.

And guess what... I’ll probably automate that next.

Curious how other people are deciding what’s worth testing vs. what they just save for later.

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