A practical task check

Should This Be AI?

Describe the work. Check the risks. Decide where AI belongs—and where it doesn’t.

Not every task needs AI. Answer a few questions to see whether your work is better suited to human judgment, AI assistance, or straightforward automation.

Free to use. No email required.

A clearer place to start.

The answer may be a person, AI assistance, a simpler automation—or a pause to put safeguards in place.

Useful guidance. Human responsibility.
  1. The work
  2. The risks
  3. The controls

Step 1 of 3

The work

Start with one specific task or part of a process.

All questions are required unless marked optional.

The work questions

Describe the process, not the people. Do not enter names, donor records, employee information, financial account details, passwords, or confidential material.

For your reference only. The framework does not analyze this text.

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What type of work is this? (required)
How often does this work happen? (required)

An estimate of the current work, not a prediction of time saved.

One task. Three short steps.

Should This Be AI?

Complete the task check to print a recommendation. Task descriptions and the full answer list are excluded from printing.

This is a starting point for evaluating a workflow, not authorization to use AI, automation, or a particular data source. Follow your organization’s policies and keep a named person responsible for the outcome.