New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- The other day, as I was waiting for a colleague to join a video call, a notetaker app knocked on the virtual door of the meeting room, asking to be let in. I am a big believer of using AI tools to boost productivity, especially when it comes to streamlining cumbersome, repetitive, and low fidelity, boring tasks. But I am wary of outsourcing my attention to a virtual assistant entirely.

Taking notes the old-fashioned way, using pen and paper, during meetings keeps me anchored to the discussion in real time. It ensures that I am actively writing down points that are critical to my understanding instead of leaving it to an AI tool to figure out the action items on my behalf. As a Gen X-er in the workplace, where I clo...