The Death of Choosing

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How much of your thinking is AI doing for you? More than you’d like to admit. Its safe to say that we hesitate more than ever when asked to make a decision. Not because it has become difficult, but because we have stopped trusting our own thinking.

There was a time when we used to evaluate a situation by weighing the pros and cons, lean on someone’s advice, and conclude with a choice that felt like our own. But today, we impulsively open ChatGPT and just type a prompt. And somewhere between the prompt and answer, we surrender our thinking to AI.

Everyone is talking about AI taking our jobs. But I think the more pressing question is this- are we still choosing? or are we justifying what AI chose for us?

Think about the last time you browsed. Not scrolled- browsed. Looked through all information available. Long before ChatGPT...

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