A Personal Journey Through AI Tool Adoption: From Inefficiency to Workflow Transformation
By
anurag
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
The article describes the author's personal journey of adopting AI tools, outlining a three-phase process: initial inefficiency, followed by adequacy, and finally achieving workflow and life-altering discovery. The author explains how they typically resist adopting new tools due to comfort with existing workflows but pushes through the learning curve to become proficient. The piece serves as a reflective account of finding value in AI tooling and hints at future exploration with these technologies.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledMy experience adopting any meaningful tool is that I've necessarily gone through three phases: (1) a period of inefficiency (2) a period of adequacy, then finally (3) a period of workflow and life-altering discovery.
In most cases, I have to force myself through phase 1 and 2 because I usually have a workflow I'm already happy and comfortable with.
Adopting a tool feels like work, and I do not want to put in the effort, but I usually do in an effort to be a well-rounded person of my craft.
This is my journey of how I found value in AI tooling and what I'm trying next with it.
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