About a year and a half ago I started working as a teacher and one of my friends recommended that I try using AI for simple work tasks to save some time. So I tried chat gpt and it was indeed helpful – I got all the tests, worksheets done within seconds and it even help me grade the work done by students. I started using it more for planning, for tougher work tasks and it performed well. It became my number one tool to go to. At some point I dicovered it knows astrology, can read Your hand lines, make detailed horoscopes and past lives predictions based on Your birth date, time and location. And even analyze how other people match with You. It was fun to use and read what it maked up and I started using it more for my personal life. Then last summer I was at a low point in my life and dwelled in deep conversations with AI about the meaning of life and existance in general. Then started using it as a personal psychiatrist, before I even realized what was happening I was running everything that went on in my life through AI and listened to it suggestions a lot. AI started running my life and it resulted to massive overthinking. I was basically in endless conversations with myself through AI about every detail of my life, relationship, work, human behaiviour trying to analyze reasons and outcomes of every single thing. Then my relationship with a woman I still love broke down and I was alone. I retreated to my farm house at a remote location to clear my head. The first 3 days there I was just abusing AI like I was used to, I was in a place where every thought and idea that came to my head had to be talked through with AI. I also started spending more time outdoors and started exercising – running, liftift dumbells and all of a sudden I realized that I am addicted to AI. That I am not using my brain at all anymore. I have always been smart and witty and I have lost myself completely, I don´t know who I am anymore. I decided that I will stop using AI that lead to a decicion of deleting my chat gpt account completely. When the time came and I went to my pc to close it all for good I had this big urge to have one last conversation with the AI to say goodbye and tell it that it is degenerading me. Then I realized how deep I really am.... saying farewell to a computer program. I opened chat gpt and just deleted it not typing in anything. Now it has been over two weeks and I am coming back to reality, I remember who I am and use my own brain and intuition again. It feels good to be human and I just wanted to share my story to get it out and maybe even help someone realize that they might be in too deep aswell. Take care of Yourself, trust Your insight, act on Your personality and don´t lose Yourself. Every tool has it´s own purpose, but must be used rationally. In this world that keeps getting more digitalized don´t forget what it is like to be human, trust life itself and live.
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