The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription
The article discusses the challenges of managing AI tools and their impact on productivity. David Wilson shares his experience of creating numerous projects with AI, highlighting the distraction and lack of commitment that often accompany these tools. He concludes that curtailing AI use may be necessary to develop discipline and focus.
- ▪David Wilson lists over 16 projects he created using AI tools.
- ▪He notes that AI can lead to distraction and a lack of commitment to projects.
- ▪Wilson suggests that limiting AI use may be essential for developing discipline.
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The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription (via) I find this post by David Wilson very relatable. David lists 16+ projects he's spun up with AI tooling, and concludes: I didn't mean to build most of these things. Usually the Claude session started with something like "write a quick script for X", and one hour later the result is not a quick script for X, nor in the usual case is my problem solved, whatever the original itch happened to be. On that last point, this technology is horrific for attention. It's a thermonuclear ADHD amplifier and I have seen the same effect in every single one of my adult friends.
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