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I quit AI for 7 days.
I quit AI for 7 days.
No ChatGPT.
No Claude.
No Copilot.
No AI for coding, studying, writing, research, or brainstorming.
And honestly?
The hardest part wasn’t solving problems.
It was realizing how quickly I had become uncomfortable with solving them myself.
On Day 1, I kept reaching for AI whenever I got stuck.
By Day 3, something changed.
Instead of asking:
“What's wrong with this code?”
I started asking:
“What do I THINK is wrong?”
That tiny difference made me slow down, form hypotheses, read documentation, make mistakes, and actually remember what I learned.
The biggest lesson?
AI wasn’t the problem.
My dependency on instant answers was.
I came out of those 7 days not wanting to use AI less…
I wanted to use it better.
Because the goal isn't to stop using AI.
The goal is to make sure you can still think when the AI isn't there.
I wrote about the full 7-day experiment here:
https://medium.com/@hasheramin/i-quit-ai-tools-for-7-days-heres-what-happened-cae2bbf3f3fb?sharedUserId=hasheramin
Now I'm curious:
If every AI tool disappeared tomorrow, how much of your work could you still do on your own ???
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