I'm a highschool student and I've found myself relying on AI for a lot of things. It started as just helping me with spanish and it escalated into helping me with geometry and doing my guided notes and packets for ap psych myself. I've always been anti-ai but i suppose i followed the principle of "do i as i say not as i do". Then it devolved further into helping me with tech support, health questions and even fucking therapy. I can feel myself becoming dumber every time i open up AI and i hate it. my critical thinking is still somewhat intact i suppose but i find myself wanting to just google things or ask for a summary.
now for social media. I've fallen victim to the doomscrolling epidemic. I spend hours on instagram and it honestly doesnt help me feel better. And to add on, i find less dopamine from other things (as to be expected).
i do however have limiations. I cant get rid of instagram simply because it is an extremely important social tool for me but other less used social medias, i will probably delete. Secondly, i dont think that i can quit ai cold turkey. i think i would just go back to it in a split second especially since i'm 3 weeks away from the end of the semester and i should finish strong.
i genuinely want to be a better person and regain those thinking and learning skills but im so lost.