By skyforbes Use of AI making me Useless
When I say “I wish ChatGPT was never developed,” it isn’t a blanket condemnation of technology — it’s a quiet inventory of small losses that add up. ChatGPT, like many tools of its era, is staggeringly helpful: it drafts emails, solves math problems, brainstorms ideas, and gives instant companionship in lonely hours. But that very helpfulness has a flip side. It can make us lazy in ways that are subtle, corrosive, and surprisingly personal. That helpfulness can erode skills, habits, and inner motivation — there are ways to reclaim the parts of ourselves that are at risk of being outsourced to convenience.
The creeping convenience of outsourcing thought
The first time an answer arrives perfectly formed, it feels like magic. You ask, and a well-phrased paragraph appears — saving minutes, sometimes hours. Over time, the muscle that used to strain to think through a problem gets less practice. Instead of puzzling through a tricky argument or forcing yourself to structure an essay, you prompt and polish. The brain loves shortcuts; neural pathways that support deep thinking weaken when not used.
This isn’t merely about being idle — it’s about outsourcing cognitive labor that previously taught us how to reason, synthesize, and endure the friction of…