Brain First. AI Second.

Struggle first on your own. Then pull in AI.

David Epstein wrote a great article about whether AI is rotting our brains, based on an MIT study. I wrote about it also.

Spoiler Alert: It depends.

Basically, start with yourself, rather than starting with AI. The best method for learning, creativity, and keeping humanity in your work is to start driving the bus yourself. Don’t hand over the wheel until you know generally where you’re going and have struggled a bit to figure it out.

David calls it desirable difficulty.

The struggle is real. The struggle is important. The struggle matters.

Don’t shortcut the struggle.