don’t hate me. I’m using ai to think.

don’t hate me. I’m using ai to think.

Summary

I use AI as a tool to enhance my thinking processes. It helps me explore ideas, organize information, and gain new perspectives that I might not arrive at on my own. Integrating AI into my workflow isn't about replacing my own abilities, but rather augmenting them to achieve more comprehensive and insightful outcomes.
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Takeaway actions

  • Acknowledge your natural strengths, and work out where you need assistance.
  • Strategically utilize AI as a tool to clarify your complex thoughts.
  • Emphasize the message and its impact on others over personal expression, if that's the intent.

Seeking Clarity and Purpose

It’s frustrating that after so long, I still struggle to think clearly and express myself. Like everyone, my mind has strengths and weaknesses. Driven by curiosity, I jump into new ideas, which I usually explore independently, making communication difficult.

When I’m engaged in something I barely understand – which is always the case as I lose interest in familiar topics – formulating my thoughts in real-time, let alone explaining them, becomes impossible.

Facing a Changing World

My interests in personal growth and finding a meaningful identity feel important right now. The rise of AI and the replacement of routine work are near certainties. This shift demands a new focus.

I want to help people find direction and create meaningful goals. I want to develop methods to thrive in this new world, and I think there are many opportunities for people like me to thrive. My aim is to help people discover what they believe in. I want to create structures that support passionate work towards those goals, day after day.

But I need to be able to lead in this area. The first part – exploration and understanding of the issues and solutions – no problem, that’s what I do best. But communicating this, damn, I need help.

AI is helping.

It’s only in the last week that I’ve started using AI to tease out my ideas and communicate them. It’s been a ride. I’ll talk somewhere else about how I’ve been using it, but here’s why.

I never wanted to use AI for creative output.  I shouldn’t conflate writing for self-expression and writing to communicate something else. Ideally, it would be both. Unfortunately involving AI means extra steps to re-inject personality back into the text. I’m doing this actively, most of the time.

But if I view the communication as a means to an end, a stepping stone for you to find the meaning in life you are looking for, I can happily de-emphasise my own role in favour of writing that you can understand and act on. This goal of mine is important enough that I can ignore this preference. I don’t want to focus on the struggle of communication.