Artificial intelligence has slipped into our lives almost unnoticed, yet it's reshaping nearly everything we do. From the moment we wake up and scroll through personalised news feeds to the moment we finish our day's work with AI-generated emails or reports, the machine is always there, quietly guiding our choices. It plans our campaigns, drafts our documents and even designs our visuals. It's efficient, tireless, and undeniably useful.
But beneath this comfort lies an uncomfortable question: as AI grows smarter, are we becoming less so?
This isn't another story about data privacy or hacking scandals. The concern runs deeper and far more personal. It's about the quiet fading of something uniquely human---our creativity.
Creativity is messy. It thrives on mistakes, uncertainty, and the courage to try again. It's the thrill of discovery when a rough sketch suddenly turns into a great idea, or when a dozen failed drafts finally lead to one perfect line. Every artist, writer, or designer knows that struggle, it's what gives a creator's work life.
Now, that struggle is vanishing. Instead of wrestling with ideas, we simply tell a machine what we want, and in seconds it gives us a finished product which is polished, detailed and eerily flawless. The temptation is obvious: why labour over something when a programme can do it faster? Yet the more we let AI think and create for us, the less we use the muscles that make us truly creative.
The old motto "work smarter, not harder" once meant finding clever ways to be efficient while keeping your imagination intact. Today, "working smarter" often means letting AI do the work entirely. Somewhere along the way, we've started confusing convenience with creativity.
The problem isn't technology itself rather it's our growing dependence on it. AI should be a collaborator, not a replacement. When used thoughtfully, it can expand our reach and spark new ideas. But when we let it dictate the creative process, we risk becoming spectators instead of creators.
The real threat isn't that AI will outsmart us. It's that we'll stop trying to outthink it. If we keep choosing convenience over curiosity, perfection over passion, and speed over soul, we'll end up living in a world that's efficient but emotionally empty. Innovation was meant to enhance humanity, not erase it. As we move further into this AI-driven future, the true challenge won't be how quickly machines can learn, but how bravely humans can still imagine. Because once we lose the desire to create with our own hands and hearts, the world may keep running; but it will feel far less alive.
Ramisa Rahman Shitu
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