How do you plan to integrate AI in your life going forward – whether personally or professionally? Do you feel you have a choice here, for example is deciding not to use AI an option?
Honestly, I see AI becoming something I use the same way I use Google or a calculator it’s just part of how I get things done. For school and anything related to computer science, I’d use it to help me understand concepts faster, debug code, and get unstuck when I hit a wall. It saves time, but I’d still make sure I actually get the material, because if you just copy what AI gives you, you’re not really learning anything.
In my personal life, I’d probably use it to stay organized, plan things, or learn new stuff more efficiently. But I wouldn’t want it to take over everything. There’s still something important about figuring things out on your own and thinking through problems without shortcuts every single time.
As for not using AI at all, I don’t think that’s very realistic anymore. It’s already built into so many things we use every day, so completely avoiding it would honestly just make life harder. But I do think there’s a difference between using it as a tool and depending on it too much. I’d want to stay in that middle ground where it helps me, but I’m still the one actually thinking.
I agree that contiunously developing the skill of critical thinking, despite the existence of GenAI, is still essential. Outsourcing all thinking to AI is definitely not a good idea.
I think its really interesting that you want to see AI as just another tool in the tool box instead of the “do everything machine” that some use it as.
I really like how you see AI as something as google and calculator, and I also relate with using it in personal life as something to stay organized!