Here's What's Wrong with Too Much AI

01 Dec 2025 #coding

I sit somewhere in the middle of the AI hype cycle. Not a hater nor a fanatic.

I’ve been trying to make sense of AI by documenting my experiences and reacting to others.

Here are 4 issues I’ve found with using AI too much:

#1. It makes us lazier than usual. It’s tempting to go straight to a chat for a quick, unreliable answer. That’s the real danger.

#2. It steals the joy of figuring out problems. No more aha moments or happy dances. Just like asking someone to chew our food to be more productive.

#3. It makes you feel you’re cheating. Copy-pasting without understanding has always been cheating, even in the days of forums and StackOverflow.

#4. It doesn’t let you build mental models to solve problems. It’s like asking someone else to go to the gym for us, then wondering why our muscles are still weak.