I use AI almost every day.
And recently, I came across a statistic that made me think. An IBM study found that 60% of employees worry about their skills eroding as AI takes on more tasks. (Links at the end.)
It made me reflect on how I use AI myself.
There are probably two ways I could approach it.
I could have a topic in mind, send it to ChatGPT, Claude, or another AI tool, and ask it to do the thinking for me.
Or I could think first.
Form my own point of view. Put something on paper. Then use AI to challenge my thinking, ask me questions, expose gaps, offer a different perspective, and help me make the idea better.
I find myself increasingly trying to do the latter.
Because I don’t think AI is the problem. How we use it matters.
Used one way, AI can become a shortcut around thinking.
Used another way, it can become a sparring partner that actually makes us think harder.
And perhaps that distinction becomes increasingly important for those of us working in learning and leadership development.
For years, we have focused on building people’s knowledge and skills. Now we may also need to help people develop the judgment to know when to use AI, how to challenge it, and sometimes when not to use it at all.
AI is here to help us. I don’t think the question is whether we should use it.
The question I am beginning to ask myself is:
Am I using AI to replace my thinking, or to improve it?
I’d be curious how others are approaching this.
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