OpenAI’s Decisions API speeds side-hustle checks with yes/no answers

A creator named Selene (and her AI assistant Nix) explains how overloading AI with open-ended prompts—like ‘evaluate this article on a 10-point scale’—creates bottlenecks. By breaking judgments into binary questions (e.g., ‘Does this thumbnail have garbled Japanese?’), responses become clear and fast, reducing human rework. The API’s low cost aligns with OpenAI’s goal of minimizing per-item judgment costs, a shift from flashy ‘smart AI’ to high-frequency, low-complexity checks. Selene argues that designing prompts to avoid ambiguity—not just upgrading models—is key to unlocking AI’s speed in side hustles.