I remember when we didn’t ask a machine what to think.
If you wanted to know something, you asked a person.
You opened a book.
You went to the library.
You called someone.
You learned through experience.
You made mistakes.
You figured things out.
Sometimes you simply didn’t know.
And somehow, we survived.
Today, you can ask a machine almost anything.
What should I eat?
Where should I travel?
What should I buy?
What should I write?
What should I believe?
What does this mean?
What should I do next?
And the machine will answer.
Sometimes remarkably well.
That’s the incredible part.
Artificial intelligence can be useful, fascinating, and incredibly powerful.
But there’s a question I think we need to ask:
What happens when we become so comfortable asking machines for answers that we stop developing our own ability to think?
AI Is a Tool
Let’s be clear.
I’m not anti-AI.
Quite the opposite.
I’m fascinated by it.
AI can help us research ideas, organize information, brainstorm, write, translate, learn, and explore subjects that might have taken hours or days to investigate on our own.
That’s powerful.
A calculator didn’t destroy mathematics.
A GPS didn’t destroy geography.
A camera didn’t destroy our ability to see.
A computer didn’t destroy writing.
Technology can extend human capability.
AI can do the same.
But there’s an important difference between using a tool and surrendering your judgment to a tool.
The Problem Isn’t Asking AI
Ask the machine.
That’s fine.
The problem begins when you stop asking yourself.
Imagine you have a question.
You immediately open AI.
You type the question.
You receive an answer.
Done.
But what if the better process is:
Ask AI.
Think about the answer.
Question it.
Compare it with other information.
Use your own experience.
Then decide.
That’s a completely different relationship with technology.
The machine becomes your assistant.
Not your authority.
We Used to Say, “I Don’t Know”
There was a time when not knowing something was normal.
You could say:
“I don’t know.”
And nobody expected an instant answer.
You might look it up later.
You might ask somebody.
You might discover that there wasn’t a clear answer.
Today, instant answers are becoming the expectation.
Ask a question.
Get an answer.
Ask another.
Get another.
The uncomfortable space of uncertainty is disappearing.
But uncertainty can be valuable.
Sometimes not knowing forces you to think.
Your Brain Needs Some Work Too
Think about your muscles.
If you never use them, they become weaker.
The mind has its own kind of fitness.
You need to practice:
Remembering.
Reasoning.
Comparing.
Questioning.
Writing.
Explaining.
Deciding.
Solving problems.
If you outsource every small mental task, you may gradually become less comfortable doing those things yourself.
That doesn’t mean AI makes people stupid.
It means anything we stop practicing can become harder.
Don’t Let AI Become Your Mental Fast Food
Here’s a Carnivore Daddy way of looking at it.
Ultra-processed food is convenient.
You don’t have to prepare much.
Open the package.
Eat.
Done.
But if most of your diet becomes ultra-processed food, you may lose something important: a relationship with real food.
AI can be similar.
It can become mental convenience food.
Ask.
Receive.
Consume.
Move on.
No thinking required.
That’s convenient.
But convenience isn’t always nourishment.
Eat. Feel. Believe. Think.
This is where the philosophy of Carnivore Daddy is expanding again.
EAT.
Nourish the body.
FEEL.
Balance the mind.
BELIEVE.
Nourish the spirit.
And underneath all three is something else:
THINK.
Don’t give away your judgment.
Don’t surrender your curiosity.
Don’t let technology become the voice inside your head.
AI Doesn’t Have Your Life Experience
A machine can process enormous amounts of information.
But it hasn’t lived your life.
It hasn’t experienced your childhood.
It hasn’t stood where you stood.
It hasn’t lost the people you’ve lost.
It hasn’t felt your particular fears.
It hasn’t lived inside your relationships.
It doesn’t know what it feels like to be you.
That matters.
An AI can provide information.
But information isn’t the same thing as wisdom.
Information Isn’t Wisdom
We have more information than any generation before us.
But having more information doesn’t automatically make us wiser.
Wisdom requires judgment.
Context.
Experience.
Humility.
Understanding consequences.
Knowing when information should—and shouldn’t—be acted upon.
You can ask AI:
“What should I do?”
But sometimes the better question is:
“What do I think I should do, and why?”
Then use AI to help you examine your thinking.
That’s much healthier.
Don’t Ask AI to Tell You Who You Are
This is where things become especially interesting.
You can ask AI to analyze your personality.
Describe your strengths.
Explain your behavior.
Suggest a career.
Write your dating profile.
Tell you what your dreams mean.
Tell you what your life purpose might be.
It can generate fascinating ideas.
But be careful.
Your identity isn’t a computer-generated paragraph.
You’re still the person who has to live the life.
A machine can describe possibilities.
You have to decide who you’re becoming.
Don’t Ask a Machine What to Believe
This is even more important.
AI can summarize religions.
It can compare philosophies.
It can explain different interpretations of Scripture.
It can provide historical context.
It can help you understand arguments.
Those can be valuable uses.
But asking:
“What should I believe?”
is different.
That’s a personal question.
A machine can show you what other people believe.
It cannot take responsibility for your soul.
The Spiritual Danger of Outsourcing Judgment
This is where BELIEVE becomes especially important.
If you believe in God, faith requires more than information.
It requires relationship.
Reflection.
Prayer.
Discernment.
Action.
You can ask AI to explain a Bible verse.
But don’t let the machine replace reading Scripture yourself.
You can ask AI to suggest a prayer.
But don’t let it replace your own conversation with God.
You can ask AI about spiritual traditions.
But don’t let it become your spiritual authority.
Use the tool. Keep the discernment.
AI Can Actually Help You Think Better
There’s another side to this.
Used properly, AI can make thinking better.
You can ask:
“Give me the strongest argument against my position.”
“Where might my reasoning be wrong?”
“What assumptions am I making?”
“Explain this from another perspective.”
“Give me questions I should be asking.”
That’s very different from:
“Tell me what to think.”
The first approach challenges you.
The second replaces you.
Use AI as a Debate Partner
One of the best ways to use AI is to disagree with it.
Ask it to challenge your assumptions.
If you’re convinced that one diet is perfect, ask:
“What are the strongest arguments against this diet?”
If you believe you’ve found the answer to a philosophical question, ask:
“What would someone who strongly disagrees with me say?”
If you’re making a major decision, ask:
“What am I overlooking?”
You don’t have to accept the answer.
You just need to consider it.
This Is Especially Important With Food
And yes, we’re coming back to food.
Because this is Carnivore Daddy.
I’ve learned something important from my own dietary journey:
Be careful when a diet becomes an identity.
If AI tells me:
“Carnivore is the perfect diet for everyone,”
I shouldn’t simply believe it.
If AI tells me:
“Everyone needs to eat vegetables,”
I shouldn’t simply believe that either.
I need to ask better questions.
What does the evidence say?
What are the limitations?
What applies to me?
What does my experience tell me?
What should I discuss with a qualified professional?
AI can help me explore.
It shouldn’t make the final decision for me.
The Human Experiment Still Matters
There’s something AI cannot replace.
Living.
You can read 100 articles about walking.
But eventually you have to walk.
You can ask AI about meditation.
But eventually you have to sit quietly.
You can ask AI about relationships.
But eventually you have to talk to another human being.
You can ask AI about nutrition.
But eventually you have to eat.
Information becomes meaningful when it meets experience.
Don’t Become Afraid of Thinking Slowly
Modern technology rewards speed.
Fast answers.
Fast communication.
Fast entertainment.
Fast shopping.
Fast decisions.
But some questions deserve time.
What do I believe?
Who do I love?
Where am I going?
What kind of person am I becoming?
What should I do with the next ten years of my life?
What does God mean to me?
Those aren’t questions you should necessarily answer in thirty seconds.
Some questions need to sit with you.
Your Own Thoughts Need Silence
This is one reason I keep returning to silence.
If you constantly fill every empty moment with information, you don’t give yourself time to think.
Waiting in line?
Phone.
Driving?
Podcast.
Eating?
Video.
Walking?
Music.
Sitting alone?
AI.
Eventually, when do you actually hear yourself?
Try leaving some empty space.
Let your mind wander.
Think about something without immediately searching for the answer.
You might be surprised by what your own brain comes up with.
Remember What Humans Are Good At
Humans are not the fastest calculators.
We’re not the largest memory systems.
We’re not the most efficient information processors.
But we’re capable of things that matter deeply.
Love.
Compassion.
Curiosity.
Moral responsibility.
Humor.
Creativity.
Connection.
Courage.
Meaning.
Faith.
We shouldn’t willingly surrender these things simply because machines can perform certain tasks faster.
The Machine Doesn’t Have to Be the Enemy
AI doesn’t have to be the villain.
It can be an incredible partner.
Let it handle tedious tasks.
Let it help you brainstorm.
Let it explain difficult concepts.
Let it help you organize your thoughts.
Let it challenge your assumptions.
Let it teach you.
But keep something for yourself.
The final judgment.
A Simple Rule for Using AI
Here’s my rule:
Ask AI for information.
Ask yourself for judgment.
That doesn’t mean your judgment is always correct.
It means you remain responsible for your decisions.
You can ask other people too.
Experts.
Friends.
Teachers.
Doctors.
Pastors.
Family.
People with experience.
AI should become another voice in the conversation—not the only voice.
What Happens When We Forget How to Think?
This is the question that concerns me.
What if a child never learns to write because AI always writes for them?
What if students stop solving problems because AI always solves them?
What if people stop reading because AI summarizes everything?
What if people stop questioning because the machine sounds confident?
What if people stop praying because they ask AI for prayers instead?
What if people stop talking to each other because AI is easier?
That future isn’t inevitable.
But it is worth thinking about.
Technology Should Serve Human Life
That’s the principle I want to keep.
Technology should serve people.
People shouldn’t become servants of technology.
AI should give you more time to live.
Not consume more of your attention.
It should help you learn.
Not stop you from learning.
It should expand your possibilities.
Not shrink your ability to think independently.
The Human Rule
Maybe we need a simple rule for the AI age:
Use the machine.
Don’t become the machine.
Think.
Question.
Feel.
Love.
Pray.
Create.
Talk to people.
Go outside.
Eat real food.
Experience the physical world.
Don’t spend your entire existence inside a digital conversation.
There’s a real world waiting for you.
Put the Phone Down Sometimes
Here’s an experiment.
Pick one hour every day.
No AI.
No social media.
No news.
No endless scrolling.
No digital answers.
Just live.
Cook something.
Walk.
Read a physical book.
Talk to someone.
Sit outside.
Pray.
Think.
You don’t need to abandon technology.
You simply need to remember that you can live without it for a while.
The Strange Irony of AI
Here’s the irony.
We’re building machines that can answer more questions than ever.
And at the same time, we may need to become better at asking the right questions ourselves.
Because the biggest questions aren’t simply:
“What is the answer?”
They’re:
“Why does this matter?”
“Should I believe it?”
“What should I do with it?”
“Who will this make me?”
Those are human questions.
The Carnivore Daddy Question
I started Carnivore Daddy by asking:
“What should humans eat?”
Then I started asking:
“How should humans feel?”
Then:
“What should humans believe?”
Now I’m asking another question:
“What should humans remain human about in an age of intelligent machines?”
That’s a much bigger question.
And I don’t think AI should answer it for us.
We should answer it together.
EAT. FEEL. BELIEVE. THINK.
Maybe the philosophy needs one more word.
EAT.
Take care of the body.
FEEL.
Take care of the mind.
BELIEVE.
Take care of the spirit.
THINK.
Take responsibility for your judgment.
That’s the balance I’m interested in.
Not rejecting technology.
Not worshiping technology.
Using it wisely.
I Still Remember
I remember when we didn’t ask a machine what to think.
I remember when not knowing was normal.
I remember when you had to figure things out.
I remember when conversations happened face-to-face.
I remember when a quiet moment wasn’t something that needed to be filled.
And I’m not saying those days were perfect.
They weren’t.
Technology has given us incredible things.
But perhaps the goal isn’t to go backward.
Perhaps the goal is to move forward without forgetting what makes us human.
Use AI.
Learn from it.
Question it.
Let it help you.
But don’t hand it your mind.
Don’t hand it your values.
Don’t hand it your faith.
Don’t hand it your responsibility.
And don’t let the convenience of an instant answer prevent you from discovering an answer yourself.
Because a machine may be able to tell you what people think.
But only you can decide what you think.
And maybe that’s one human ability worth protecting at all costs.
EAT. FEEL. BELIEVE. THINK.
Use the machine.
Keep the human.
