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title: Will AI Make Me Worse?
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published: 2026-06-04T19:34:18Z
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summary: As people increasingly rely on AI to do some or all of their work, what effects will this have on people's work quality, skills, and emotional state?
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As people integrate more and more AI into their daily work, will the quality of the work they produce suffer? Will their own skills degrade as a result of relying on AI? Will there be negative psychological effects in the shift from doing work directly to doing it indirectly through AI prompting?

In this episode, [Demetri](https://demetrispanos.com/) and I explore these issues as we consider the broad question many people are asking themselves: “Will AI make me worse?”

*As always, the art for the thumbnail, podcast cover, and banner of Wading Through AI were all hand-drawn by [Anna Rettberg](https://x.com/aerettberg) in her signature style. We do not currently use generative AI here at [Molly Rocket](https://mollyrocket.com/) .*