Asking AI versus Following AI

I find myself touching my smartphone whenever I have free time. I don't take it into the bath, at least.
I don't really do anything in particular, but I end up opening the screen even when there's nothing to check. Looking at myself objectively, I know it's not good.
But I just can't help but touch it.

While I wouldn't go crazy if I didn't have it, I am addicted to my smartphone.
Smartphone addiction is, in a sense, an easy reaction to identify. There are visible indicators like usage time and frequency.

On the other hand, what does the recently discussed 'AI addiction' actually refer to?
It doesn't seem to be a question of whether it is highly or lowly integrated into daily life or work. If that were the case, the person sitting next to me at the office clicking away on their calculator all day would be addicted to their calculator.

Then what about people who use it for daily advice?
What about people who vent their frustrations about work to it?

Thinking about it that way, it seems difficult to define unless we seriously consider where to draw the line and say, 'beyond this point, it's AI addiction.'
However, it is easy to imagine what a typical case of AI addiction looks like.

In daily life:
Going somewhere because AI recommended it.
Buying something because AI recommended it.
Eating something because AI recommended it.
Dating someone because AI recommended it.

In work:
Sending an email created by AI as is.
Using a proposal created by AI as is.
Submitting a report created by AI as is.
And changing jobs to a company recommended by AI.

The trigger might have been AI.
The problem is not that you used AI, but that you, as the subject of judgment, have disappeared.
A state where your excuse when you are told something or stumble is, 'Because AI said so'...

This isn't limited to AI; you see this in companies too, don't you?
People who put 'Because my boss said so' or 'Because the company said so' first.
Of course, as long as you work in an organization, there are many situations where you must ultimately comply. However, when you borrow those words to shift responsibility elsewhere and can no longer speak for yourself, you gradually entrust your judgment criteria to the outside, and your credibility is lost.

AI addiction might not be the state of using AI, but the state of having shifted your judgment criteria to AI.

As for me, I ask AI for input in various situations, but I ignore it more often than not, so I seem to be fine for now.

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