AI Is Fun, But Don’t Forget to Touch Grass

There’s a trend going around where people are asking AI, “Create a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me.” It’s funny and a little creepy.

I didn't use ChatGPT for this; I’ve been using Google instead and ended up creating this fun image. Even just doing that made me pause and think about how normal this all feels now. A few years ago, the idea of an AI “knowing” us well enough to make a caricature would’ve sounded like sci‑fi. Now it’s a casual social media trend.

That says a lot about how quickly AI has slipped into our everyday lives. It helps us write emails, brainstorm ideas, generate images, plan our weeks, and sometimes even make decisions we used to think about on our own. In some ways, that’s amazing. For busy people, parents, students, and creatives, having a tool that can take some of the load off can be a real gift.

Used as a tool, AI can be great. Just like the internet, it can be incredibly helpful—or harmful—depending on how we use it. I’ve used it to plan social media posts for work and to brainstorm all sorts of things. It can spark ideas when you’re stuck and save time when your brain is fried. But don't let it make it so you can't think on your own.

I think it’s important to remember to live in the real world, too. No matter how clever the algorithms get or how realistic the responses seem, they can’t replace the feeling of laughing with a friend, hugging your kids, smelling dinner on the stove, or stepping outside and just breathing.

So go touch grass. Spend time with loved ones and friends. Read a book. Take a walk. Turn off the endless digital noise that’s constantly begging us to scroll just a little more and slowly slip into a pit of despair and isolation.

AI isn’t going away—and that’s something we will need to live with I suppose. But we get to choose how much space it takes up in our lives, and how much of ourselves we keep firmly rooted in the real world.