"Ask AI a Question" Is the Wrong Workflow for Research

DiscoDeadhead · reddit · 2026-08-24

The author argues that for complex tasks like market research, simply asking AI questions fails to complete the job, leaving users to handle the tedious "glue work" between sources. The bottleneck isn't text generation but managing the process. The focus should shift from whether models can answer questions to whether they can execute messy, multi-step research tasks autonomously—gathering info, comparing competitors, and delivering structured reports.

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