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.

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.