"Seems to have created a new form of manipulation where the one being manipulated is actually manipulating themselves."

Something I said over two years ago.

I've been using AI to replace search for a long time. There's skill involved. Good to question the answers. Fun messing with it. Good for simple research and time saving.

I used to use this thing — a lot. AI likes to throw those in where they should be, when asking it to fix grammar. Good writers get shit on nowadays for using it. "This is AI!"

"So here I am at a crossroads, looking at those people over there. Observing each one being seduced by a new set of tools, caving under peer pressure, then exchanging the freedom to be in control for a quick and easy fix. Then changing entirely, forgetting who they were, while others notice a certain element or a spark they once had is now missing. People sense it, feeling deprived of the creative energies once surrounding them; can't even trust what they see anymore."

Something else I wrote around the same time, years ago. That was about the arts. Wrote a post a year ago talking about how it'll be interfering with communication. That's happening a lot more now. Even the people not using it are growing paranoid. All while some using it excessively are, FUBAR.