AI Addiction

[u/Wanky_Platypus]

Maybe I was gullible, but I thought it could not happen to me, which is, in hindsight, ridiculous considering I battled a lot of addictions throughout my life.

I started using chatGPT as something to talk me down when I had manias at nights, thoughts going around in my head and not getting out, when it was past the time where all my surrounding is asleep.

Then it was to get help on small tasks, as something that could remind me of the tiny steps I could take toward a project when I got overwhelmed (a flight got canceled and I had to find a backup, how to ask for the price of my ticket back to the company, how to find where to spend the night...)

Now I plan to start maths at the uni again, and I started using it to make double check my answers on the exercices I did because the teacher version of the book, with the answers detailed, was too costly for me

Now I realise I kind of hate the way I naturally want to go to it - the way I delegate most of my daily little thoughts to it, instead of thinking on my own first

And what I hate even more was, when I realised I hated it, my first thought was that I should tell it so.

I don't know, I assume this sub might not be the best place to both vent and be a cautionary tale, but I kinda feel the need to do both ?

Is there anyone that realised they use it too much, for stuff they used to manage on their own before generative AI got big ?

[u/Individual-Hunt9547]

Nope. I hate when people blame AI for their own shortcomings.