Hello everyone. I have a question about usage. Has anyone else noticed that the usage is increased? I literally put a picture and asked, "I'm connecting supabase, guide me," and I had 79% used. After that question it took 21%, like 21%. I put it on Sonnet 4.6, low effort, and I didn't enable thinking. What is happening with Claude? What are they doing? They have increased usage. Does anyone else have similar issues? It's the same as they do with electric cars, candies and what dealers do with drugs: 1. They first give it for free. 2. You get yourself on it. 3. You cannot live without it. 4. You pay. Same with cars: first electricity was free, now you have to pay more than gas. The same with AI: what are they doing? They will first give it cheaper and then, when you are not going to be able to live without it, they will increase the price while everyone got used to it. People will pay because they cannot function properly without that. That's a fantastic junky addiction marketing trick.

There's a counterintuitive pattern starting to emerge in the communities and conversations we follow closely. It doesn't fit the dominant narrative about AI and professional development, so it tends to get dismissed. But it's consistent enough and specific enough that it's worth looking at directly. The pattern: a growing number of professionals who use AI heavily are reporting, often with some embarrassment, that their ability to think through problems independently, to recall information from memory, to write fluently without AI assistance, feels like it has degraded. Not dramatically. But noticeably. The capability was there before. It's less reliably there now. This is the cognitive atrophy problem. It's real, it's specific, and it's something that smart AI adoption can work against. ------------- Context ------------- Cognitive capabilities are use-it-or-lose-it in a way that's well established in the research. Memory, reasoning, writing fluency, the ability to hold a complex problem in your head and work it through: these capabilities are maintained and developed through exercise and they degrade through disuse. For most of professional history, the nature of knowledge work required these capabilities regularly. Writing required sustained original composition. Research required holding a developing understanding in working memory as new information was integrated. Problem-solving required independent reasoning before any external validation was sought. The work itself was the exercise. AI tools are changing the exercise load. When AI drafts the writing, the composition muscle doesn't engage. When AI does the initial research synthesis, the information integration work doesn't happen. When AI suggests the analysis framework, the independent problem framing doesn't get practiced. Each of these is individually a small reduction in cognitive exercise. Across a day of heavily AI-assisted work, the aggregate reduction is significant. The capability doesn't disappear immediately. It degrades gradually, in a way that's invisible until a situation arises that requires it without AI assistance: a meeting where you need to think on your feet, a client situation where you need to produce analysis quickly without time to brief an AI, a creative challenge where your own perspective needs to show up rather than an AI-assisted version of it. These situations surface the gap.

One thing I’ve learned during my AI journey: You don’t need the perfect prompt. Start with a simple question. Then improve the response:• Make it shorter.• Add an example.• Change the tone.• Explain it differently. AI works best as a conversation, not a guessing game. Small daily actions create massive results.

I think I accidentally coined a new word... Figureoutability. No, it's not in the dictionary. ...yet. 😄 Here's the definition I've been working on: Figureoutability: The accumulated evidence that you can learn, adapt, recover, and keep moving forward—even when you don't know all the answers. The more I think about it, the more I realize confidence isn't something we magically wake up with. It's built. One problem figured out at a time. One decision at a time. One conversation at a time. So I'm curious... What's one thing you've figured out in your life that five years ago you weren't sure you could? I have a feeling you're more Figureoutable than you think. 🧡

My name is Renata, and I’m excited to be part of this community. I have a background in dentistry, public health, wellness, and education, and I’m passionate about helping people live healthier and more meaningful lives. I was born and raised in Brazil and have also lived in different parts of the United States. Throughout my journey as a healthcare professional, mother, educator, and lifelong learner, I’ve become deeply interested in how AI can amplify human potential, foster connection, and create positive change. I joined this community to learn, collaborate, and explore how we can use AI not just to work smarter, but to serve others better and make a meaningful impact. Looking forward to connecting with you all and learning from your experiences! ✨ “Together, we can elevate the world by unleashing the full potential within each of us.” *AI helped me create this post