Why are you using AI?

AI arrived as a productivity tool, so getting more done faster became the unconscious why.

When speed is the only goal, the first things to erode are judgment, original thinking, and the sense that the work is still yours.

This self assessment is how you take the why back. 

Eight criteria, before, during, and after you use AI, that show you where your use is costing you work you'd be proud to put your name to, and how to protect it.