How AI-Brained Are You, Actually?
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini... can't tell if you should ask AI or just text a friend? Six levels of AI dependence — from full analog to full cyborg.
How Do You Actually Use AI? | 32 Types

AI is like that one friend you enjoy but don't need to see every day. When writing stalls or you need a fresh angle, you pop open a chat and ask "hey, what do you think about this?" But if AI gives you a boring answer, you close it and go for a walk instead — no hard feelings. Your creative fuel comes from people, music, wandering, and half-finished thoughts in your Notes app. AI is one channel among many, and it's not even the main one.
You don't research date spots — you just go wherever feels right that day. Sometimes AI gets a "what are some unusual date ideas?" query, but what you actually end up doing is half your own invention anyway. The detour usually beats the plan.
You'll use AI to gather inspiration in the early phases of a project, but whatever comes out of it gets completely reworked through your own lens. AI provides raw material; you're the one with the actual creative vision.
Concert tickets, art books, a spontaneous trip — those feel worth it in a way an AI subscription doesn't. You'll pick up a month of paid AI when you're deep in a project, then forget to cancel when it wraps. Relatable.
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