What should an AI project tool show when a task has not actually started?

Adobe’s Task Collaborators in Workfront expose a useful problem: an AI can sit beside a human on a task and still not start. Adobe says assignment order, primary-assignee status, and predecessor state can all affect the trigger. That is not a reason to avoid the feature. It is a reason not to treat “assigned” and “working” as the same status. For a small team, the task view should answer three questions without a support ticket: did it start, what is it waiting on, and who can fix it? “Waiting on predecessor” or “human is primary” gives the project manager something to act on. An AI name on the task without that context creates a false sense of coverage. I would try this on ten ordinary tasks before changing a template. If someone has to chase the assignment state, the tool has moved admin around instead of removing it. What would you need to see before you trusted an AI assignee with a deadline?