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Do AI Tools Hinder Deep Thinking for Quick Answers?

I noticed a change in my use of AI tools. AI tools make it very easy to get answers and ideas. I can even get structured outputs from AI tools right away. Because AI tools are so easy to use I have caught myself moving forward without really thinking about things. Before I started using AI tools, when something was hard to do I had to think about the problem, for a time. This was frustrating. It also helped me understand things more clearly. Now I am tempted to skip the part and just use the output from AI tools as a starting point. Sometimes I even use the output from AI tools as my answer. Using AI tools can speed things up a lot in some cases. Other times I feel like I am sacrificing level of knowledge just to get things done quickly. I do not know if I need to learn how to use AI tools or AI tools are changing how I think and solve problems. How are other people using AI tools? I am curious. Do AI tools clear your mind or just speed up the work?