AI for Efficiency
I use ChatGPT and Claude:
for researching injection options for my parents’ ongoing health issues and creating summaries and talking points that address cultural nuances in India;
for creating lists of things I’ll need when hosting a themed party for a very specific group of people with dietary restrictions;
for optimizing my Pilates schedule with my mom duties and work commitments;
for writing code I can inject into my website to make event information and participation more accessible;
for comparing price plans when assessing the best apps for my Zoom sessions and also calculating how viable it is to use three different apps to make the end user experience joyful versus doing it myself.
It helps with work that needs to be done that I would spend a lot more time Googling about and figuring out on my own. And time is a precious commodity.
Yes, this is an AI-generated image. You can see how problematic it is.
I haven’t used it for writing/editing/creative feedback or ideating because I feel well-equipped to do those on my own in my own imperfect, myopic way. For me it’s simple: AI is a tool. How we use it/what we get out of it is going be subjective.
It’s not all black and white except for one thing: AI can never create or think in the same way humans do. There’s a soul, a voice, a lineage … there’s history in everything we bring to life.
So, yes, I do think there is middle ground here…if one is using these tools to find self-worth (because who doesn’t like to feel validated by LLMs?) or give their creativity a “boost,” then the problem is deeper.
