Jalen Brunson recently crowned his incredible 2025-26 season by becoming the reigning NBA Finals MVP. When talking about his success, it reminds me one of his quotes:
“๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ’๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต.”
This mindset doesn’t just apply to professional basketball. Lately, itโs been reminding me of the exact attitude we need when using AI tools.
Right now, it is incredibly tempting to use AI as a shortcut. We ask a complex question, the AI tool generates a polished response, and we immediately copy and paste that text into our emails, programs, reports, or assignments.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ.
We trick ourselves into believing that because we successfully prompted the answer, we actually learned and understood the concept. But the truth is, we skipped the most important part: the cognitive heavy lifting.
Here is the bottom line: ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
AI is a revolutionary tool when used to ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต your learning process. It can help you brainstorm, break down complex topics, or serve as a sparring partner for your ideas. But you still have to put in the hard work to truly master the topics you are studying.
Don’t just use AI to get the answer. Use it to help you do the work.
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