How much should an AI decide without asking you first?

Any AI product that does things, not just says things, runs into the same decision problem sooner or later. The AI assistant can ask before acting, or act and tell you afterward. Both easy answers are wrong. If it asks every time, you stop reading the questions and click yes on reflex, so the…

Any AI product that does things, not just says things, runs into the same decision problem sooner or later. The AI assistant can ask before acting, or act and tell you afterward. Both easy answers are wrong. If it asks every time, you stop reading the questions and click yes on reflex, so the questions end up protecting nobody. If it never asks, everything is fine until the first time it does something you didn't expect, and that single surprise is enough to end your trust in it. We've been work

Source: Zapier AI — Published November 6, 2026 at 05:00 UTC — Category: Tools