[Hoot Gibson]

I am completely ignorant on AI and would not even know where or how to begin using it.  I just feel more comfortable thinking for myself because  dementia runs in my family, and I feel that the more I think for myself, the better off I will be in the future.  To me,the brain is like a muscle.  The more you use it, the stronger it becomes.  The less you use it, the weaker it becomes.  That may be a totally ignorant statement, but that is how I feel.  As far as my ignorance of AI, it may not even cause you to use your brain less.  I honestly don't know because I know nothing about it.

Trust me, you will probably use your brain more using an AI than not using it. Getting the full benefit of an AI requires you to write logical prompts and then evaluate the AI's response and then write follow up prompts to provide more details or explain mistakes that the AI might make. Once you get some practice using an AI, you start to see things that you can do with it that would take too much effort and time to do on your own. The AI is just a very useful tool. It doesn't replace your own thinking, it just lets you get more done with your thoughts. 

A good analogy is an e-bike with a torque sensor. The harder you peddle, the more power the motor delivers to your wheels, and the faster you move. You can let the e-bike provide all of the power, but the bike normally prevents you from reaching its top speed if you don't pedal any and the battery will die quicker without your help.