The highest leverage work in AI right now is some of the most boring. (Well boring to others, I kind of love the pain of problem-solving.) E…

The highest leverage work in AI right now is some of the most boring. (Well boring to others, I kind of love the pain of problem-solving.) Everyone and their boss wants to build the cool AI agent... the shiny autonomous thing that makes the splashy demo video. I want to hire the person willing to iterate with AI 8 times to get an improved brand voice doc because the newest model just drifted the heck out of the output. You have to do the boring work. Examples: - synthesizing all company goals into one doc, reviewing it, editing it, making sure it's accessible to AI agents, sharing access to the team, getting team feedback, giving CLAUDE.md the pointer, updating it - keeping ERP current so your AI system knows who owns what, systems to keep them updated during promotion cycles/layoffs/re-orgs - maintaining your file system, understanding what AI has access to, setting up systems/loops to keep memory updated - fixing your daily briefing because it started sending in light mode and now it's white text on white background and no one can read anything (aka me, today) And it feels the same across my whole business. The amount of paperwork and contracts and file sharing and invoices and emails and autoreplies you deal with as a founder is enough to make most people never want to start. BORING is the trick to scaling, people.

Source: Allie K. Miller (X) | 2026-06-08