Reddit user asks whether infrequent AI use is healthier than constant use
5 Sep 20 4:58 AM · 7d ago · 1 post · 5 comments · 1 source · development 5 of 6
A post frames AI as a double-edged tool, worrying that constant use harms independent thinking and the environment, drawing replies arguing frequency matters less than how AI is used.
“Using AI frequently or infrequently is about is meaningful as using a hammer frequently or infrequently. It is more how you use it and what you do with it that should be considered.”
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I've read this conversation, and Hm It seems to me that AI is like an amplifier of your existing goals and skills. If your goal is to never make mistakes and never get judged, it will amplify that, and you will end up not doing anything hard, adraid to even attempt something that might lead you to making a mistake in front of anyone, or perhaps…
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the guilt part is interesting cause most people never even feel that. i think if you stay aware of what you delegate and why, you're already doing better than the classmate who spent 2 hours in chatgpt before lunch. the tool is not the problem, the lazy outsourcing is
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Using AI frequently or infrequently is about is meaningful as using a hammer frequently or infrequently. It is more how you use it and what you do with it that should be considered, not how much you use it.
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It's best to use it however much you damn well please, as long as the thing you use it for is not obviously harmful. And it obviously should never, ever be blanket banned.
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If you need ai to survive your studies you shouldn’t be there at all, you’ll be incompetent in whatever you do.
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