How people are really using AI in 2026
- Jun 1
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW — The new AI models have become adept at mimicking human thinking, which makes it tempting to let them do this for us. That can be a problem.
In at least a quarter of the top use cases this year (therapy/companionship [#1], relationship advice [#7], enhanced decision-making [#13], organizing my life [#14], drafting emails [#42], generating ideas [#47]), people are asking AI to do some portion of their thinking.
There’s an argument that this kind of AI use is cause for concern. First, because these types of activities are precisely those for which human beings need to take responsibility. And second, because such activities are the kinds that we thrive at, as a species.
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