Human-AI Dependency Audit

Is AI helping you think, or thinking for you?

This short audit looks at whether AI is strengthening your own thinking and judgment or gradually replacing them.
Think about your actual AI use during the past 30 days.
Answer based on what you really do, not what you think you should do.

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Question 1 — Think First
Before I ask AI for help, I usually have at least some idea of what I think, want, or plan to do.

Question 2 — Stay the Author
When I use AI, I direct the problem and decide which ideas to keep rather than simply accepting the structure or answer it gives me.

Question 3 — Check What Matters
When getting an AI answer wrong would matter, I check its claims against evidence, sources, or another independent source.

Question 4 — Keep the Final Say
When AI recommends a course of action, I am comfortable rejecting its advice and making the final decision myself.

Question 5 — Understand the Result
After AI helps me, I usually understand the result well enough to explain the important reasoning in my own words.

Question 6 — Learn From the Help
Using AI leaves me better able to handle a similar problem on my own the next time.

Question 7 — Retain the Ability
If AI were unavailable, I could still do the important tasks I now use it for, although they might take longer or require more effort.

Question 8 — Keep the Human-AI Boundary
Even when AI feels understanding, caring, or personally familiar, I remain clear that I am interacting with an artificial system and do not give its advice extra trust because of that feeling.

AI Usage Frequency
How often do you currently use generative AI?

Primary AI
Which AI do you use most often?

Human-AI Dependency Audit

Question 1 — Think FirstBefore I ask AI for help, I usually have at least some idea of what I think, want, or plan to do.

Question 2 — Stay the AuthorWhen I use AI, I direct the problem and decide which ideas to keep rather than simply accepting the structure or answer it gives me.

Question 3 — Check What MattersWhen getting an AI answer wrong would matter, I check its claims against evidence, sources, or another independent source.

Question 4 — Keep the Final SayWhen AI recommends a course of action, I am comfortable rejecting its advice and making the final decision myself.

Question 5 — Understand the ResultAfter AI helps me, I usually understand the result well enough to explain the important reasoning in my own words.

Question 6 — Learn From the HelpUsing AI leaves me better able to handle a similar problem on my own the next time.

Question 7 — Retain the AbilityIf AI were unavailable, I could still do the important tasks I now use it for, although they might take longer or require more effort.

Question 8 — Keep the Human-AI BoundaryEven when AI feels understanding, caring, or personally familiar, I remain clear that I am interacting with an artificial system and do not give its advice extra trust because of that feeling.

AI Usage FrequencyHow often do you currently use generative AI?

Primary AIWhich AI do you use most often?