{"id":22075,"date":"2026-02-22T06:37:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/im-worried-my-boyfriends-use-of-ai-is-affecting-his-ability-to-think-for-himself-annalisa-barbieri\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T06:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:37:32","slug":"im-worried-my-boyfriends-use-of-ai-is-affecting-his-ability-to-think-for-himself-annalisa-barbieri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/im-worried-my-boyfriends-use-of-ai-is-affecting-his-ability-to-think-for-himself-annalisa-barbieri\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m worried my boyfriend\u2019s use of AI is affecting his ability to think for himself | Annalisa Barbieri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Overdependence on chatbots is a growing problem, and though your boyfriend\u2019s ADHD may be a factor, he needs to find the root of his anxiety<\/p>\n<p><strong>My boyfriend of eight years<\/strong><strong>, who is 44<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong><strong> has ADHD and runs his own <\/strong><strong>business. <\/strong><strong>He\u2019s always struggled with admin and mundane tasks, but AI<\/strong><strong> has <\/strong><strong>revolutionised how he works<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><strong>Now I\u2019m worried he can\u2019t seem to do anything <\/strong><strong>without <\/strong><strong>AI. He is a heavy ChatGPT user and <\/strong><strong>uses it even when there\u2019s a better non-AI alternative (eg<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>he\u2019ll ask <\/strong><strong>it for train times rather than us<\/strong><strong>ing <\/strong><strong>Trainline, even though it\u2019s less accurate). He just got his <\/strong><strong>ChatGPT Wrapped<\/strong><strong> and he\u2019s in the top 0.3% of users worldwide. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I worry <\/strong><strong>about his ability to think independently<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>as well as the environmental impact<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><strong>I know it\u2019s a\u00a0useful tool for him at work, but <\/strong><strong>he uses it for everything <\/strong><strong>in life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2026\/feb\/22\/worried-boyfriend-ai-affecting-ability-think-for-himself-annalisa-barbieri\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a3c37d8c0042c8e1a4766c7e77f547dbd5a14d36\/588_0_7808_6250\/master\/7808.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b4d016faf9793eb76fc84a75cd49e4a0\" title=\"I\u2019m worried my boyfriend\u2019s use of AI is affecting his ability to think for himself | Annalisa Barbieri\" \/>Overdependence on chatbots is a growing problem, and though your boyfriend\u2019s ADHD may be a factor, he needs to find the root of his anxiety<br \/>\nMy boyfriend of eight years, who is 44, has ADHD and runs his own business. He\u2019s always struggled with admin and mundane tasks, but AI has revolutionised how he works. Now I\u2019m worried he can\u2019t seem to do anything without AI. He is a heavy ChatGPT user and uses it even when there\u2019s a better non-AI alternative (eg he\u2019ll ask it for train times rather than using Trainline, even though it\u2019s less accurate). He just got his ChatGPT Wrapped and he\u2019s in the top 0.3% of users worldwide.<br \/>\nI worry about his ability to think independently, as well as the environmental impact. I know it\u2019s a\u00a0useful tool for him at work, but he uses it for everything in life. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overdependence on chatbots is a growing problem, and though your boyfriend\u2019s ADHD may be a factor, he needs to find the root of his anxiety My boyfriend of eight years, who is 44, has ADHD and runs his own business. He\u2019s always struggled with admin and mundane tasks, but AI has revolutionised how he works. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/im-worried-my-boyfriends-use-of-ai-is-affecting-his-ability-to-think-for-himself-annalisa-barbieri\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I\u2019m worried my boyfriend\u2019s use of AI is affecting his ability to think for himself | Annalisa Barbieri<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22075"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}