What is The Secret Depender?
The Secret Depender relies on AI heavily and prefers not to say so. You may feel your work would be judged differently, or you may simply not have talked about it. The habit itself is not the problem. The secrecy and the lack of a fallback are what to look at.
Signs you are The Secret Depender
- You hide your chat history
- You say you googled it
- You would struggle if AI were unavailable
- You accept compliments for work AI helped with
Strengths
- Fast, productive and comfortable with the tools
- Often better at using AI than the people around you
- Ready to improve if you want to
Watch out for
- Skills that fade because AI does the thinking
- Stress from keeping it quiet
- Breaking workplace or school rules without realising
How to level up
- Do the first draft yourself on one task a week
- Find out your workplace or school's rules
- Talk to one trusted person about how you use it
This is a light-hearted quiz result, not a psychological or medical assessment.