Do you think AI is making you lazier and less original?
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MIT just dropped a fascinating (and slightly scary) study.
They had participants write SAT-style essays using:
ChatGPT
Google
Just their brains
What happened?
ChatGPT made it easier to get words on the page
But essays were “soulless” and all sounded the same
People couldn’t remember what they wrote later
Brain activity was low the whole time
The group that wrote without AI?
Higher creativity
More original ideas
Actually remembered what they wrote
As users of AI, this raises a big question:
Do you think AI is making you lazier and less original?
Is that something you’d want to fix, or are you okay trading effort for convenience?
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TinyCommand
Honestly, I’ve felt both sides of this. AI saves time, yes but when I let it write for me instead of with me, the soul of the work fades. It’s efficient, but forgettable. The real shift happened when I flipped the workflow: I draft raw ideas first, messy and human. Then, I let AI sharpen not shape them. Creativity isn’t just output; it’s that internal tension, and AI can’t replicate that. So no, I’m not okay trading depth for convenience. Not in the long run.
@priyanka_gosai1 Absolutely makes sense. I take the same approach sometimes. I scribble quickly first, then write the prompt: “scan for grammatical and spelling errors” when I need to clean it up.
AI can both expand or limit the flow of creativity, it all depends on how you use it. In creative work, it is important to maintain balance and let AI only offer a small suggestion when you are stuck.
Great question, Ayush. I think AI can absolutely make us lazier if we stop thinking critically and let it replace our voice. But when used intentionally—as a collaborator, not a crutch—it can actually boost creativity. It’s all about how we use the tool.
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