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AI and Me: A Powerful Ally or a Silent Rival by neysco

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· @neysco · (edited)
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AI and Me: A Powerful Ally or a Silent Rival
There was a time I thought AI was just another fancy word tech people threw around to sound smart. I didn’t take it seriously until I saw how quickly it started shaping everything around me. From simple tasks like typing suggestions on my phone, to advanced things like deepfake videos and AI-generated art, I couldn’t help but stop and ask myself: Is this thing helping us or slowly replacing us? That question hit differently when I realized that AI is no longer the future, it’s already here, changing the present, and we’re all part of it whether we like it or not.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmXyrEZbzoauVQ19ELXmnTvGyPvqmLM8jHGyJ9GUuVgmy5/1753540928860.png)

Personally, I believe AI is a double edged sword. It can either be your greatest tool or your worst nightmare. The difference? How you use it.

Let me speak from my own experience. As someone trying to grow in the digital space, AI has been very useful. It helps me plan better, write faster, research smarter, and manage time more effectively. Whether it’s organizing ideas, learning new skills, or exploring trends, AI saves me hours I would’ve spent struggling to figure things out on my own. It doesn’t make me lazy, it makes me more efficient.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmQW3nTj6e36p34EAseMMVguvNrD7Z6RwvTcSP6DQyvZRQ/1753540986993.png)

But I’m not blind to the risks. I’ve seen people lose jobs to automation. I’ve watched content lose its originality because it's overly polished by AI. Sometimes it’s easy to spot, when a piece of writing or a design lacks that human spark, that rawness that only real people can bring. That’s the danger, when we rely on it too much, we lose our voice.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmQMoCEAbEHSP6SAUnmNYkbEnigXwtjNNxogMkANJApC5L/1753541107559.png)

Another thing that bothers me is how AI is becoming a “shortcut” for people who don’t want to think deeply anymore. Creativity, emotion, and experience these are human gifts that no machine can truly replicate. If we let AI do all the work, we’re not just risking our jobs, we’re risking our identity.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmdyXHnNcPaYxfqwYoyEEw36oJYxD8u4KTa8N1dkPPpDHy/1753541035261.png)

That’s why I’ve made a personal decision. I’ll use AI as a tool, not as a crutch. I won’t let it speak for me, but I’ll let it help me speak better. I won’t let it think for me, but I’ll use it to sharpen my thoughts. Balance is the key.

In the end, AI is like fire. It can cook your food, or it can burn down your house. The tool isn’t the threat, it’s how we choose to use it. And for me, I choose to stay human in a world that’s slowly going artificial.

*Images are Ai generated*

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@belion01 · (edited)
Wow nice to hear from you like this ai is the boss In the world 🌍🌍 now any small things like this ai  can talk  AI  can cook can do a lot  will need to be careful about ai   for me like this human being is better than ai 
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@neysco ·
Thanks for sharing your thought, thanks for stopping by
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@belion01 ·
👍
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@bhr-curation ·
AI-generated art's impact is real! 🤔Excited to see how it evolves our races. 🐎💨
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@neysco ·
Yeah.. Thanks for stopping by 
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@chiddy ·
Very nice take sir. It's the users motive that either defines it as good or bad. In the end humans are always the problem 😅. Nice article bro
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@hivebuzz ·
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@lecia89 ·
That has been my concern about humans not thinking deeply because of AI
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@neysco ·
Yeah! Ai now make lots of things easy for people and turn people to lazy person 
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