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

For important decisions, you ask the people you trust before you ask any AI. AI is a useful convenience tool — not a source of guidance. "AI could say anything, but what does my manager actually think?" is the real question. Your instinct is to navigate the world through relationships, and that system is deeply established and works well. AI hasn't found a way to meaningfully compete with it, and honestly it probably won't.
Relationship problems go to your trusted friends first, not an AI window. "AI can say anything — my best friend actually knows me" is essentially your philosophy. Real empathy from real people is irreplaceable, and you live that truth.
When considering AI tools for the team, your first question is whether everyone can actually use it comfortably — not whether it maximizes your individual output. Collective adoption matters more to you than personal efficiency gains.
Team lunches, thoughtful gifts, family dinners — those feel more natural than any software subscription. AI tools get bought only when truly necessary. The rest of the budget flows toward the relationships that matter.
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