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Protect Your Thinking
The discipline of maintaining your own point of view, reasoning process, and authentic voice when working intensively with AI. Use AI to augment your thinking, but don't let it replace your thinking. Form your own perspective first, then engage the AI.
Where it comes from
Dianne Penn on her personal practice: > “There are ways where I use Claude to augment my thinking. But what I want to make sure is Claude doesn't take over all of my thinking for me.” (~1:01:38) > “I might come up with my own POV first and then work with Claude through that. And making sure that I maintain my sense and tone throughout.” (~1:02:04)
The risk of AI isn't just that it might be wrong — it's that it might be convincingly adequate, seducing you into outsourcing your thinking. The countermeasure is intentional: form your POV first, use AI to sharpen it, and maintain your voice.