Asking AI, I want to know the name of 'lost time'

By the way, everyone.

Don't you ever have times when you're working, and even though asking an AI should be faster, for some reason the work is taking longer?

While staring at the spinning loading icon in front of the screen, that time when you're thinking, 'Is it ready yet?'
These few seconds or minutes have been feeling long lately.

Yell: 'Hey Cosmos-chan, I totally get that. Lately, I might be thinking I'll just ask the AI and stop thinking for myself.'

Cosmos: 'Right? And you know, the other day I was struggling with a simple email reply, so I asked the AI, "How should I reply in this situation?"'

Yell: 'Yeah, yeah, and then?'

Cosmos: 'The text it returned wasn't bad, but it was somehow a bit off. When I asked it to "use a slightly softer tone", this time it was a bit too casual. When I rephrased it to "make it a bit more business-like"... after going back and forth about three times, I suddenly realized.'

Yell: 'Ah, that happens so often! And in the end, it takes longer to rely on the AI.'

When I look into this feeling, it seems there are names for similar concepts like "Automation Bias" or "Cognitive Offloading".

But, it doesn't quite feel right. Thinking that time was lost here too... haha

What I'm feeling isn't anything that grand; it's more of a small, everyday snag.

For example, even with a quick search.

I just want to know the answer right away, but the AI kindly tells me about the surrounding information too. Don't you feel like the time spent reading that "noise" is somehow a waste?

Also, even though I spent time carefully preparing the prompt, that emptiness when the answer that came back didn't quite hit the mark.

Especially lately, what I find difficult is image generation.

To make a thumbnail for an article, I try to convey the scene or pose in my head with words, but it is really difficult to convey this nuance.

As the number of characters increases, the time spent giving instructions like 'move more to the right' or 'make the expression a little softer' keeps increasing.

I feel like it's such a waste to spend time explaining artistic expression in words.

Cosmos: "Sometimes, Yell-chan, you turn into a blonde older sister. (whispering)"

Yell: "Eh...!? What do you do when that happens?"

Cosmos: "It's just too much like a different person, so it's exhausting to correct it from there. That's why I just start a new chat."

Yell: "You'll... keep protecting me forever, right? lol. But, isn't there more benefit to not using AI?"

Cosmos: "No, that's not the point. Actually, thanks to AI, there are many times when I can save time or gain deep knowledge that I couldn't research on my own."}, {The level of satisfaction is really high.That's why I keep using it repeatedly. However, when it inevitably 'fails', there's that...subtle sense of emptiness that remains."

Because the text output by AI is neatly organized, it somehow doesn't feel like my own words, and in the end, I have no choice but to edit it.

I don't use such difficult words. I even feel like, 'The AI's answer is so difficult I can't even understand it!' while I'm at it.

Yell: "That's scary if you keep doing it without realizing it."

Cosmos: "Yeah. So lately, there's one thing I'm keeping in mind."

I believe that someone will surely give this sense of discomfort a name eventually.

If anyone has a perfect name for this fuzzy feeling, please let me know. I'm sure it will catch on.

And if a spot-on word is found, I'll introduce it grandly in the next article, saying, 'E-v-e-r-y-o-n-e! This is it!!'

So, here is my proposal:

Shortened to...

This is what I wanted to do. I have no regrets🌸

Did you all notice?

That's right.

Finally

I wonder if anyone noticed the loading screen in the thumbnail image...

Thank you for reading until the end 🌸

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