About Should I AI This?

Should I AI This? is a free, plain-language decision-support tool that helps people evaluate the risks of using generative AI for everyday workplace tasks. Before you paste, prompt, or upload something into an AI tool, it walks you through seven quick questions about your setting, the task, the information involved, the tool you plan to use, organizational approval, human review, and the potential impact of the output. In about two minutes, you receive a clear risk level — Low, Moderate, High, or Do Not Use — along with the specific rules that shaped the result, recommended safeguards, a safer alternative workflow, and questions to bring to your supervisor or IT team.

The tool is built for the people who sit at the front lines of AI adoption but rarely get clear guidance: educators and school staff, government employees, nonprofit teams, and small-business owners. It is not a legal determination or a compliance certification. It is practical, educational guidance that helps you think through the trade-offs and make a more informed, responsible choice before sensitive information or consequential decisions are involved.

Should I AI This? is built and maintained by LTECwithLance, an independent practice focused on responsible technology use, learning, and organizational culture. The scoring engine is fully local and deterministic — your answers are processed in your browser and are never stored or sent to an external AI service. The tool reflects a conservative, human-centered philosophy: when in doubt, ask before you act, and always follow your organization's official AI, data, and information-security policies.