I enjoyed reading this. I'm afraid, or well afraid is not the word but I am concerned that 5-7 years from now, all the people around us who are using and relying more and more on AI will see some sort of a decline in perhaps IQ or certain parts of their brain's ability to think effectively. Will we as a species become generally overall less intelligent with time?
No need to wait 5-7 years, research already shows that teens cognitive abilities are decreasing compared to historical data. But overall you are right, the problem will only deepen. It’s up to us how we shape that relationship with technology and what example we set for the next generations.
I love that you reflect on uncertainty! We often view uncertainty as bad because it feels disorienting. But uncertainty is actually necessary for growth, I believe.
I've worked on something similar, with not losing yourself when connecting to AI. I wouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater since AI is here to stay. You can use AI as a tool and tell it how you want it to scan your doc. It doesn't have to be an erasure of you and your language. I undetstand the confidence tax though. My note on AI is in this thread. I subscribed maybe you can read mine.
I’ve recently curbed a pattern of drafting something in my own voice, feeling to AI for editing & blindly accepting the rewrite. Once I started to notice the constant flattening of my voice / regression to the mean, I realized I can & should be more confident in my own voice to start w
When I noticed that I was changing my original thoughts not because AI had convinced me, but because it sounded more certain than I felt… that really unsettled me. That's when I stopped sleeping on AI LOL. Because the thought that my thoughts are not my own is not a place I'm ready for. LOL
You noticed, you care and you act on it. This is how it is supposed to be. There is plenty of people who just ride on the hype wave and move on. There are some people for which AI is empowering and I know it’s helping especially solopreneur females. But…it really depends how you are using it. Most ridiculous comment I got from AI was “that text doesn’t sound like you”. I thought immediately wtf do you mean, I’m not machine and my voice is not constant, I’m influenced by emotions at a certain moment or art and I will always (hopefully) have a wild mind and stay completely unpredictable. Next time I might publish poetry and it still will be me. Bottom line is - it is scary, yes. But let’s face it. “Know who you are”
AI is making me sharp over here! because I know who I am lol...I get irritated when someone tells me I don't know myself .... let alone AI....this is so funny to me.
Honestly, I like overthinking sometimes. I like breaking things down layer by layer to form my thoughts properly. That process matters to me. AI can smooth out language so well that sometimes it also smooths out the contradictions, emotion, rough edges and unpredictability that make someone them. And like you said, humans aren’t static. We evolve, contradict ourselves, change tone, experiment. That doesn’t make our voice less authentic.
The dangerous part is that AI rarely replaces your thinking all at once.
It slowly trains intelligent people to confuse intellectual humility with automatic surrender, which becomes difficult to notice because the outputs still look competent.
Really really good article. I don't bow to the LLM, but I've learned to respect it. Now, it's black or white and people on one side are totally in fear, overwhelmed and don't blame them either. Still, if you don't let the fear go, you will miss on expanding your expertise, knowledge. you are 100% spot on, nobody is immune, but as many other things in life, just the fact of being aware that these LLM can make mistakes, gives you a different perspective on it. Always trust your instinct as well and know you can push back as well...it's your responsibility also.
I enjoyed reading this. I'm afraid, or well afraid is not the word but I am concerned that 5-7 years from now, all the people around us who are using and relying more and more on AI will see some sort of a decline in perhaps IQ or certain parts of their brain's ability to think effectively. Will we as a species become generally overall less intelligent with time?
No need to wait 5-7 years, research already shows that teens cognitive abilities are decreasing compared to historical data. But overall you are right, the problem will only deepen. It’s up to us how we shape that relationship with technology and what example we set for the next generations.
I love that you reflect on uncertainty! We often view uncertainty as bad because it feels disorienting. But uncertainty is actually necessary for growth, I believe.
Thanks for sharing!
100% agree with you on this - be scared/uncertain but do it anyway
Right! We often mistake the messages of emotion. We think fear means don't do it. Sometimes it's just saying "this is new and uncertain."
I've worked on something similar, with not losing yourself when connecting to AI. I wouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater since AI is here to stay. You can use AI as a tool and tell it how you want it to scan your doc. It doesn't have to be an erasure of you and your language. I undetstand the confidence tax though. My note on AI is in this thread. I subscribed maybe you can read mine.
I will check it out, thank you for highlighting!
This is insightful. AI is a tool to sharpen our skills, not outsource the work. Great piece!
Amplify what’s there and not replace. Productivity-maxxing is passé
I’ve recently curbed a pattern of drafting something in my own voice, feeling to AI for editing & blindly accepting the rewrite. Once I started to notice the constant flattening of my voice / regression to the mean, I realized I can & should be more confident in my own voice to start w
this is applicable to so many women. and high confidence has nothing to do with arrogance
When I noticed that I was changing my original thoughts not because AI had convinced me, but because it sounded more certain than I felt… that really unsettled me. That's when I stopped sleeping on AI LOL. Because the thought that my thoughts are not my own is not a place I'm ready for. LOL
You noticed, you care and you act on it. This is how it is supposed to be. There is plenty of people who just ride on the hype wave and move on. There are some people for which AI is empowering and I know it’s helping especially solopreneur females. But…it really depends how you are using it. Most ridiculous comment I got from AI was “that text doesn’t sound like you”. I thought immediately wtf do you mean, I’m not machine and my voice is not constant, I’m influenced by emotions at a certain moment or art and I will always (hopefully) have a wild mind and stay completely unpredictable. Next time I might publish poetry and it still will be me. Bottom line is - it is scary, yes. But let’s face it. “Know who you are”
AI is making me sharp over here! because I know who I am lol...I get irritated when someone tells me I don't know myself .... let alone AI....this is so funny to me.
Honestly, I like overthinking sometimes. I like breaking things down layer by layer to form my thoughts properly. That process matters to me. AI can smooth out language so well that sometimes it also smooths out the contradictions, emotion, rough edges and unpredictability that make someone them. And like you said, humans aren’t static. We evolve, contradict ourselves, change tone, experiment. That doesn’t make our voice less authentic.
The dangerous part is that AI rarely replaces your thinking all at once.
It slowly trains intelligent people to confuse intellectual humility with automatic surrender, which becomes difficult to notice because the outputs still look competent.
Really really good article. I don't bow to the LLM, but I've learned to respect it. Now, it's black or white and people on one side are totally in fear, overwhelmed and don't blame them either. Still, if you don't let the fear go, you will miss on expanding your expertise, knowledge. you are 100% spot on, nobody is immune, but as many other things in life, just the fact of being aware that these LLM can make mistakes, gives you a different perspective on it. Always trust your instinct as well and know you can push back as well...it's your responsibility also.