015 | The AI Addiction Problem: Why AI Tools Are So Hard to Put Down
You have probably noticed it. One quick prompt becomes eleven. You close the tab forty-five minutes later with that particular hollowness that follows too long on a screen. And you wonder: is it just me?
It is not. And it is not a willpower problem either.
In this episode, I walk through the five neurological mechanisms that make AI genuinely hard to put down: dopamine loops and instant feedback, intermittent variable rewards, your brain's novelty detection system, the psychological need satisfaction that self-determination theory explains, and the long-term risk of cognitive offloading. Each…
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