I Thought I Was Getting Better With AI — Then I Realized I Was Making This Mistake

Basit Ali

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Jun 20, 2026

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It took me weeks to notice it.

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For a while, I thought I was becoming really good at using AI.

I was writing faster.

Generating ideas more easily.

And publishing more consistently than before.

Honestly, I felt productive.

But after a few weeks, I noticed something strange.

I was getting answers quickly.

Yet I wasn’t always learning.

And that realization bothered me.

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I Was Chasing Speed

Without realizing it, I had started focusing on one thing.

Speed.

Faster drafts.

Faster ideas.

Faster results.

And while speed is useful, I slowly discovered something important.