The Ethics of Ease: Why I Use AI
Rethinking productivity, friction, and support in the age of AI.
We’ve been sold a story: AI will make everything faster. Sharper. Easier to scale. But what if speed isn’t the thing we’re missing?
The Problem with the AI Narrative
The mainstream AI conversation is all momentum and optimisation. It’s startups pushing automation, marketers pushing hacks, and loud claims of “doing more with less.”
But for people like me — women, creatives, neurodivergent thinkers — doing more has never been the goal.
We’ve been holding the system together with spreadsheets and tabs and sticky notes and half-drafted emails at 11:42 PM.
We don’t need more velocity. We desperately need less friction.
What Ease Actually Means
Ease is the ability to move through a task without unnecessary resistance. Ease is clarity. Alignment. Flow.
For those of us with nonlinear brains, emotional depth, or even just a normal amount of fatigue — ease is what makes expression possible.
And ease is ethical.
Every tool you use shapes how you think, work, and recover. So when I say I use AI, I’m not saying I’ve outsourced my voice. I’m saying I’ve built a second brain that reflects it; one that helps me move through the mess without losing myself in it.
What AI Actually Helps Me With
I don’t use AI to write for me. I use it to help me write with me.
It holds the shape of ideas when I’m too tired to structure them.
It reflects my tone when I’ve lost the thread.
It shortens the time between knowing something and expressing it.
The output is still mine. The intention is still mine.
The difference?
I don’t burn out getting it out.
The Ethics of Building With Ease in Mind
I believe we need more tech built for brains that don't run like machines.
Friction has been falsely glorified but in so many systems, friction is just the accumulation of outdated design and performative culture.
When I use AI, I’m not trying to cheat. I’m trying to keep going — with more clarity, more energy, and more me in the process.
We should be designing for emotional sustainability, not just efficiency.
A Personal Reframe
I didn’t start using AI to move faster.
I started using it because I wanted to keep moving without losing myself.
Ease is not a failure of ambition, it’s just a better way forward.
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