The symptom is specific: aI generates hundreds of ideas with no priority. Start with the affected item and identify the decision or input that could produce this behavior.
Find the likely cause
Volume is mistaken for an editorial plan.
Treat this as an explanation to verify against the actual work. Look at the input, the relevant decision, and the final result together. If the evidence does not support this diagnosis, investigate the mismatch before applying a convenient but unrelated fix.
Make the targeted correction
Score ideas by reader relevance, distinct contribution, and feasible evidence.
An idea deserves production effort when it serves a clear reader need and has a credible path to a useful answer.
Check that the repair worked
Select a manageable set with explicit reasons for inclusion.
Repeat the check on the final version that the reader or customer will encounter. An approved draft, a preview, and a published result can differ; the acceptance decision should concern the version people actually use.
Prevent the next related failure
A separate issue to watch for is this: several ideas are the same article in disguise. Write the core question beneath each title and merge duplicates.
Monitor the useful outcome
Track idea-to-publication effort and the usefulness of completed pieces relative to their intended purpose.
Keep a short record of the original symptom, the evidence behind the diagnosis, and the result of the acceptance check. That record makes the solution reusable when the same condition appears again, without assuming that every superficially similar problem has the same cause.