I understand less of what my AI does

The more I use AI, the less I understand about what it does to achieve my goals.

Someone sent me a recording on Messenger. I needed to download it, but I could not. I asked my AI, and five minutes later the recording was in my folder.

I could find out how it was done. For this task, I probably won't. I wanted the recording, and I got it.

Twelve months ago, I understood everything the AI did for me because I was giving it specific instructions. I chose what to do and how to do it. The AI saved me the time of doing the work. I was still the orchestrator.

Now I increasingly give it the goal and let it work out the steps. Choosing the method is part of what I am handing over.

For one recording, that seems reasonable. Going through the whole process afterward would take back some of the time I just saved. But I also finish the task without learning how to do it myself.

It is the trend that concerns me. Each small task gives me a good reason to leave the details alone. Over time, I get more things done while understanding less of how they were done.

I can still ask how. I wonder how often I will bother.