Work on a physical project, get into hardware design, build something physical. Even if you use AI for some of the research you’ll still be thinking a lot more than you will doing things that can entirely be validated with a chatbot
Ask HN: I've been using AI for 3 years,I've lost the ability to think for myself
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Re: Ask HN: I've been using AI for 3 years,I've lost the ability to think for myself
#12I feel the same way at times. There was a time I used to love writing, communicating and often "starting from scratch", but in the recent years where ChatGPT started replacing college assignments, I slowly stopped thinking originally, and started a feedback loop where everything I write, no matter what it is, has to get "checked" by an AI first. I think changes comes slowly though, my way of starting change was writi…
I feel the same way, so I've started keeping a diary again — writing about my feelings, writing about my thoughts.
Re: Ask HN: I've been using AI for 3 years,I've lost the ability to think for myself
#13Work on a physical project, get into hardware design, build something physical. Even if you use AI for some of the research you’ll still be thinking a lot more than you will doing things that can entirely be validated with a chatbot
I've never been involved in any hardware projects before, and I don't know if it's still possible for me to start now — I'm already in my thirties.
Re: Ask HN: I've been using AI for 3 years,I've lost the ability to think for myself
#14As long you can open up a browser and tell HN about your experience there's ain't a problem. It's a tool and I'm using it too. You forget things when you don't steady repeat them. It's a use it or lose it situation, but a win-win for your self empowerment. So, how do you use it? May be you just need to change a little bit in your usage, like me switched on verbose mode answering so i can read what's actually being do…
I would tell AI my thought process and ideas, and ask it to help me write interview questions or generate an article. If I'm not satisfied—for example, if the wording is inappropriate, the language style is off, or something I wanted is missing—I'll have it revise until I'm happy with it. Now I rarely type on my own anymore. It's mostly copy and paste.
I like to automate everything so even copy and paste would be a welcomed challenge for me :) so what you could need is a change in your workflow. Start exploring what's out there in terms of different user interfaces - may be another interface will make you more productive enjoying it more Again? Or, you could start to shape your workflow and to make it better where problems or unnecessaties slow you down..
So this will help you to be creative (which is thinking) and you will end up in something you actually can use without that monotoneism. My take would be to write a chrome extension that is able to add annotations in text inline (line ms word {} hidden auto tags) and can copy paste text into prompt input. Or standalone version of this with scripts.. make your live easy and enjoy the tools for selfempowerment! :)
Re: Ask HN: I've been using AI for 3 years,I've lost the ability to think for myself
#15Work on a physical project, get into hardware design, build something physical. Even if you use AI for some of the research you’ll still be thinking a lot more than you will doing things that can entirely be validated with a chatbot
I've never been involved in any hardware projects before, and I don't know if it's still possible for me to start now — I'm already in my thirties.
I’ve only been doing hardware for a few years, and I’m not the best in the world at it but I still find a lot of joy in building something with my hands and seeing it work. Definitely not too late in your thirties to get into anything, even woodworking or product design or sewing or anything physical with an intellectual challenge behind it.