Let it do the chores
Text-based editing, silence removal, caption generation, and a first pass at music timing can save an evening. Generative fill, fake B-roll, and "make it cinematic" buttons can also invent a video you did not shoot. Use those only when you are comfortable owning what they added.
Watch the whole cut once without trusting the preview thumbnails. Check names, numbers, and the ends of sentences. If a tool offers to generate a person or a place, that is a disclosure question, not just a style question.