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.