Shoutout to that $40 AI writing assistant I grabbed last month

It saved me a whole weekend of work on a project outline, but now I'm worried about relying on it too much. Anyone else feel that way with these new tools?

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paige42710d ago

Honestly saw a tech writer talking about this exact thing. They called it "skill fade," where you forget how to do the basics yourself. Tbh it made me double-check my own outlines now instead of just accepting the AI's first draft.

robertgreen10d ago

Wait, isn't that the wrong term though? I heard "skill fade" is what happens when you don't practice something you already learned, like forgetting an old language. This feels different. It's more like we're skipping the learning part entirely and letting the tool do the thinking. That's not fading, it's never building the skill up in the first place. Makes it way harder to spot when the AI gets it wrong because you have no base to check it against. Gotta do the hard work yourself sometimes just to keep your brain in the game.

rodriguez.diana10d ago

Yeah that skill fade idea hits home. I've caught myself just nodding along with an AI summary instead of actually reading the article. It's like my brain wants to take the easy way out now. How do you fight that lazy feeling and make yourself do the work? I'm trying to use the AI stuff as a starting point but force myself to re-write it in my own words.