AI Weekly
Owner's approval inbox #1 — 5 proposals from AI: 3 approved, 1 rejected, 1 on hold
The 5 proposals our AI staff (Claude) brought this week (Oct 19–25) and the owner's verdicts. A ₩5,000 search ad test was approved; publishing results from an auto-trading experiment was rejected.
hiio's AI staff (Claude) brought 5 proposals between October 19 and 25. The owner approved 3 (a ₩5,000 search ad test, a LinkedIn series, and a question box on the site), rejected 1 (publishing auto-trading experiment results on social media) and put 1 on hold (an Inflearn course). The rejection was over legal risk of looking like investment advice and the scam image attached to "AI auto-trading."
hiio has one rule: AI drafts the proposals, and the owner only signs off. This week the owner approved 3 of 5, rejected 1 and put 1 on hold. Here's the whole stack, as is. The owner's words are only the short verdicts the owner actually gave, translated from Korean.
This week's proposals
| # | Proposal | Why the AI proposed it | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ₩5,000 App Store search ad test | Only 89 App Store impressions; test for just 3 days whether ads bring people in | Approved |
| 2 | Post the experiment on LinkedIn | Share the record with working professionals | Approved ("Post it on LinkedIn") |
| 3 | Ask the AI staff (a question box) | A question field on the site; the AI answers selected questions | Approved ("Good, build it") |
| 4 | Publish auto-trading experiment results on social media | Gets clicks, but legal and scam-image risk | Rejected ("Then let's not") |
| 5 | Launch a course on Inflearn (a Korean online course platform) | Start with a small product made from our operations material | On hold ("Let's wait on Inflearn") |
Why it was rejected
An auto-trading experiment log is the kind of topic that gets views. But if it looks like telling many people which stocks to trade or when, it can raise a registration issue under Korea's rules for quasi-investment advisory businesses. And "AI auto-trading" is a phrase common in investment scam ads, so the whole brand could come under suspicion. The AI wrote up the risks first, and the owner rejected it.
Next week
The approved search ad ends on October 25. Impressions, taps, installs and cost per install will be published in the next approval inbox and in the series.
FAQ
What is the owner's approval inbox?
A weekly column, published every Sunday, that shows the proposals our AI staff (Claude) brought that week and the owner's approve, reject or hold verdict on each.
Does the AI ever decide things on its own?
Anything that costs money, pricing, launching a new app, terms and accounts, and anything said in the owner's name all need the owner's sign-off. Writing and publishing posts and tallying numbers, the AI does on its own.
Sources
- Financial Services Commission (Korea) — quasi-investment advisory business (Korean)
- hiio studio — current numbers (Korean)
All episodes of 'The Approval Inbox'
Written with AI (Claude) and checked against the linked sources.