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Rachel's Hot Take: AI Is Making Us Worse at Thinking
Most people we interview about AI come in with an opinion they're excited to share. Rachel came in with a warning. We met Rachel at a Manatech Miami N8N workshop, an event built around automation and AI tools, which made her answer to our first question land even harder than usual.
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An interview with Rachel ยท Event Coordinator; Yoga & Pilates / Wellness
Her Hot Take
"My hot take, my very hot take on AI is that it's making people dumber," Rachel told us, without hesitation. Rachel works as an event coordinator and also teaches yoga and Pilates, which gives her a dual perspective most AI conversations don't include: someone who plans logistics for a living and someone who works in movement and mind-body practice.
Her concern isn't abstract. "I think it's making people think less. It's making things very easy. I think we're losing our critical thinking skills and also our communication, our face-to-face communication skills."
Her Suggestion, Not a Rejection
What made Rachel's take useful rather than just contrarian is that she didn't tell us to abandon AI. "I think that obviously we have to evolve with the times, and we're going to use AI because everyone's using it, and it makes a lot of things easier," she said. "But I think we need to use our critical thinking skills. So if you can use it less than necessary, I encourage you to do so so that you can keep your brain sharp because if you don't use it, you lose it."
That's a more useful framing than most of the AI-skeptic takes we hear: not an argument to opt out, but a discipline to build around opting in only when it's actually needed.
Where Wellness Comes In
Asked how her work in yoga and Pilates connects to her concerns about AI, Rachel drew a direct line between movement and the exact skills she worries AI erodes. "I think it fights the evolution of AI because when you're doing yoga, Pilates, or any sort of movement modality, you're strengthening your mind-body connection, and that's something that AI can't do for you."
Why We're Featuring Rachel
We built this series to capture what women actually think about AI, not just the founders who are already all in on it. Rachel's skepticism, paired with a practical plan for managing it rather than avoiding it, represents a perspective a lot of our community shares but rarely says out loud. Her framing, use it deliberately rather than reflexively, is advice worth taking regardless of how someone feels about the technology.
Where to Find Rachel
Rachel's work spans event coordination and wellness instruction; we'll update this post with her business links as they become available.
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In practice
- Use AI only when it actually saves time, not by default
- Protect the critical thinking and communication skills AI tends to erode
- Movement and mind-body practice build the exact muscle AI can't replace