Remember November 2022.. when ChatGPT became publicly available, when people truly started to engage with artificial intelligence, the world kinda took a shift around that time.. the possibilities of what we could achieve as humans seemed endless. I remember like it was yesterday. The question I'd like to ask everybody is what will be the long term effect of human to AI interaction? I know you've heard the famous saying "If you don't use it, you lose it" and that quote seems more valid by the day.

The Experience

During the time of November 2022 I was part way through studying Cyber Security at The University of Birmingham & I was wondering how the hell is everybody completing their modules so fast, why is everything taking me so long, am I terrible, damn I'm falling behind.. Everybody was leveraging AI, but was all the information they were consuming and all the code they were copy and pasting actually staying inside their brains?

So me being me I continued to work the way I wanted to work, through repetition and testing boundaries, making mistakes, breaking things then fixing it. From the stress and late nights guess what.. everything I'd been doing now lived inside my brain. Let's move down the line a little bit where, part of the modules we had to complete, became a practical live showings to the whole class, everybody except 4 of us were like fish out of water, questioning everything, unsure in their decisions, unable to complete the task, whilst I could complete and explain every step I was taking throughout. These are the same people that were better than me and knew more right?

Neuroplasticity Of The brain

Let's talk about the neuroplasticity of the brain, its crucial to help development, learning, human ageing and even human intelligence. This very plasticity needs to be maintained through consistent engagement, but what is the real effect when you stop using your cognitive, motor or perpetual brain functions? 

I'll tell you exactly what happens, the ability to process information becomes inadequate, we become reliant before making decisions, critical thinking goes out the window, problem solving becomes 10x harder and your creativity gets diminished. I always say, "if you take shortcuts in life, life takes shortcuts on you".

Moral of the story

Don't get me wrong from a business perspective AI leveraged in the correct way can be a game changer for your organization, but that's not why were here, were talking about the human effect of AI. From a human perspective how do we use AI to advance us, rather than move us backwards, are we wielding a double edged sword? Every aspect of life is about maintaining balance, mixing the good with the bad, but we all know.. it's easier said than done.

Are we slowly losing consciousness and are we becoming detached from ourselves? 

Anyway that's enough for today..

Let me know your thoughts & opinions!

Peace!