ChatGPT is awesome, Claude Code and cursor is great. AI is revolutionary. It’s the technology that turned the world faster than it already is. It has brought knowledge to the ignorant, time to those in lack, and value to those who sought for it. It has given us so much in the little amount of time it’s been with us, yet it also took the valuable things that define what we do.
A reflection:
In the past few weeks I’ve noticed how much I’m hanging onto an LLM’s thoughts for the program that I code, the message that I’ll send, and the work that I do. I’m in constant state of waiting and seeking and waiting. Pressured to deliver fast and learn little. As if both can’t be done at the same time.
I’ve noticed how my ability to just do things is slowly creeping out of my fingers. Arguably, its similar to what social media has done in our lives, it has taken the so called dull moments in our day to day lives and replaced it with answers that’s instant, with a bunch of pixels that hook us.
My innate nature of seeking for answers has advanced me in different areas of life. Yet my desire to seek it fast brings me one step backwards.
I’ve come into realization that all our questions are to be answered, but not all are to be answered in a snap. We are to seek it with genuine intention, in that way, what we sought for gets engraved in us.
And so this is my message, for myself, and maybe for you:
think. do.
Use that tiny thing in your head that you carry everyday. Use it to produce the work that has been given to you. AI is not the problem. It’s a tool. It should help define and shape the work that we do.
It’s not about using it less (though that worked for me), It’s all the more about embracing who you are, your identity, your gifts and be in full confidence of it. Your are to create, solve, question, and serve.
So go do that thing, do it yourself, and do it flawed.
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