Stop Delegating the Part That's Yours

An AI note-taker captures everything that was said. Every word, every agenda item, every action assigned to someone else.

What it can't capture is what it meant to you — the thing that shifted your thinking, the question you should have asked, or the decision that deserves a second look.

Writing your own recap, even three lines, forces you to decide what you thought mattered. Psychologists call it the generation effect: information you produce sticks in a way that information you receive simply does not.

I use AI every day for research, drafting, client prep, scheduling—the work that surrounds the important conversations. I don't use it for note-taking, because I don't need one more thing giving me permission to disengage and zone out.

There's a place for AI transcription—for the person who couldn't attend, or for an official record.

But before you read what the bot thought was important, write your own takeaways first. You'll find your subconscious was doing things the whole time that AI could never do for you.