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My (complicated) relationship with AI: often seductive, occasionally frustrating and always demanding vigilance | Setareh Seyedghorban

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A multilingual academic, travelling by train from Liverpool to London, observes that half the people in her carriage are deep in conversation with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini — even though she is on sabbatical, the rare stretch of academic life meant for slow thinking. She credits AI with levelling the playing field for multilingual researchers, but insists she will keep thinking, judging and developing ideas that are stubbornly her own, describing her relationship with AI as often seductive, occasionally frustrating and always demanding vigilance.

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My (complicated) relationship with AI: often seductive, occasionally frustrating and always demanding vigilance | Setareh Seyedghorban
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As a multilingual academic, artificial intelligence has levelled the playing field. But I will continue to think, judge and develop ideas that are stubbornly mine

I am walking between carriages in search of a cup of tea on a train travelling over 100 miles an hour from Liverpool to London when I see half the people in my carriage in deep conversations with a machine: ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini to name a few. I am meant to be on sabbatical, the rare stretch of academic life reserved for slow thinking. Around me, almost nobody is thinking slowly.

This is not limited to a train carriage. Half of the adults surveyed in one US study reported using an AI chatbot, one example of how fast people are entering a relationship with their AI tools, which now receive more of our questions, problems and drafts than our friends and colleagues do.

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  • On a train travelling over 100 miles an hour from Liverpool to London, the author finds half her carriage deep in conversation with machines such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, while she is supposed to be on a sabbatical reserved for slow thinking.
  • Half of the adults in one US survey reported using an AI chatbot; these tools now receive more of our questions, problems and drafts than friends and colleagues do.
  • As a multilingual academic, she says AI has levelled the playing field, yet she refuses to outsource her thinking, judging and idea development.
  • She frames her relationship with AI as often seductive, occasionally frustrating and always demanding vigilance.

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