AI is too much. The world is becoming more artificial and I do not even know what is real anymore. Photos, novels, architectural designs, even the models we see on runways or in magazines… are they created by people or are they generated by AI? It is getting harder and harder to tell the difference and honestly it makes me uneasy.
Gone are the days when kids sat down with textbooks and actually learned by flipping pages. When handwriting an essay meant you had to pause, think, gather your ideas, and put them together in your own words. There was something about the process that mattered more than the final product. The quote “I think, therefore I am” has always explained to me why we exist. But if our ability to think and pour ourselves into something is slowly vanishing, what purpose are we really serving?
I believe AI needs regulation, especially when it comes to education. How can students truly learn if all they have to do is ask ChatGPT or Gemini to complete an assignment? Sure, they will have an answer to turn in, but they will not have the skills behind it. They will not know the feeling of wrestling with a problem, reworking their ideas, or struggling through something until it finally clicks. That is where growth happens. That is where intelligence develops.
When I was younger, even when things felt frustrating, there was pride in finishing an essay or solving a hard math problem on my own. Now I think about the next generation, my own kids included, and I wonder if they will ever experience that same pride. Will handwriting an essay become as outdated as floppy disks or pay phones? Will “the old fashioned way” of studying be something they laugh about like it belongs in the history books?
That is why I want to make it a priority in my house. I want to encourage my kids to study and learn in ways that make them think for themselves. I want them to write by hand, to read from actual books, and to push their brains even when it feels hard. If by the time they are in school this way of learning seems dated, I still plan to hold on to it because I know how important it is. Knowledge is not just about having the right answer. It is about the process, the mistakes, the curiosity, and the little breakthroughs that make you say “I figured it out.”
I used to think social media was the worst of it, and it is still pretty bad. But AI feels even more dangerous. Social media distracted us and warped the way we see ourselves. AI has the potential to replace our intelligence altogether. If everything can be outsourced.. our art, our writing, our ideas… then what do we have left that is truly our own?
That is what keeps me up at night. I do not want to live in a world where my kids never learn to think for themselves. I want them to grow up using their brains, not just their devices. Because at the end of the day, what makes us human is not that we have answers at our fingertips, it is that we have the ability to think, to wonder, and to create with our own hands and our own minds.
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