What should I eat tonight? Should I take that job? How should I respond to this text? The questions start small and grow larger. At some point, you realize you haven't made a single decision this week without consulting an AI first.
The outsourcing trap
Decision-making is a muscle. Every time you let AI decide for you, that muscle weakens. The irony is that AI makes you feel more capable — it gives you well-reasoned answers instantly. But the capability is borrowed. Remove the AI, and you're left standing in the grocery store unable to choose between two brands of pasta.
Why AI advice feels better
AI presents options clearly, weighs pros and cons, and never says "I don't know." Human advice is messy, contradictory, and biased. AI advice feels clean. But life decisions aren't clean — they require gut feelings, personal values, and the willingness to be wrong. AI can't model any of those for you.
Reclaiming your choices
Notice which decisions you're outsourcing. If it's everything from restaurant choices to relationship advice, the pattern is worth examining. You had the ability to make decisions before AI existed. That ability is still there — it just needs practice.