Who Thinks First

Every time you use ChatGPT, one decision determines whether you get smarter or dumber: who provides context first.

We say we want AI to make us smarter. What we want is AI to do our thinking.

We type questions before we think them through. We hit generate before we frame the problem. We get answers before we understand what we're asking.

Fast. Easy. Making thinking optional.

Some people do it backwards. They think first. Frame the problem. Show what they've tried. Give context. Then ask.

Slower. Harder. Making thinking required.

Same tool. One approach trains you to skip thinking. The other trains you to think before asking.

Over time, one path makes the tool indispensable. 

The other makes you more capable.

The question isn't whether AI makes you smarter. It's who does the thinking before you ask.