My friends use AI regularly, but I refuse to. I'm learning to keep my beliefs and opinions about it to myself.

The author refuses to use AI.

Courtesy of Ashley Archambault I decided early on that I don't want to use AI; I can't see any practical ways it could help me.

My friends, however, love using AI in their daily lives.

It has created some uncomfortable situations, but I try not to share my opinions.

My first true encounter with AI was at a teacher training about two years ago, where the objective was to show the different ways AI could save teachers' time.

My reaction to using AI to design my next lesson plan was not positive.

I admittedly saw the ease in stating your lesson's objective and yielding a full lesson plan in seconds.

It was tempting to give it a try, but all I could think about was how I wouldn't even know how to teach without designing my own lesson plans.

I then decided to ask AI for an age-appropriate chore chart for my 10-year-old son at the time.

It was the one thing in my life that I could think of that I really needed help with.

The list AI gave me was adequate, but I knew I would never reference it.

It felt cold and generic.

I decided then not to use AI anymore; I wish I could say the same for my friends.

I feel peer pressure to start using AI All my close friends use AI regularly to do everything from designing their weekly meal plans to scheduling out their entire weeks.