Mark Cuban: Don't rely on ChatGPT to do all your work for you—'AI is never the answer; AI is the tool'

Published Fri, Mar 28 20252:27 PM EDT Artificial intelligence is the most essential tool young people need to be successful, says billionaire investor Mark Cuban — but don’t expect it to do your work for you. The technology works best when you already have the experience necessary to fact-check or add quality control to AI results. If you expect AI to master a skill like writing or video editing for you overnight, you’ll fall behind your competition, Cuban said at a SXSW panel announcing the partnership between ABC’s “Shark Tank” and payment processing platform Clover. “AI is never the answer; AI is the tool,” Cuban said. While AI can write scripts and edit videos, it can’t discern what is a good or bad story, he noted, so “you need to be creative. Whatever skills you have, AI can amplify them.” The new recipe for professional success is starting with your pre-existing skills, talents, and experiences, and then using AI to hone your work and make some of your processes faster, Cuban said. You ignore AI at your own peril, Cuban added: Your use of the technology “could be the difference between [your competition] getting ahead of you or not.”