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AI Micro-Internship · ~180 min · no-code

One day with AI, one day without — time it honestly

Everyone claims AI saves time. Test it on yourself: do comparable work on two days — one fully AI-assisted, one AI-free — time every task, and report what the stopwatch actually says, including where AI made you slower.

Steps

  1. 01Design a fair protocol: pick 4-5 task types you do anyway (homework problems, writing, research, planning) and match them across two days.
  2. 02Day 1 (or 2 — flip a coin): do them AI-free. Time each task and note the quality of the result.
  3. 03Other day: same task types with full AI assistance. Same timing, same quality notes.
  4. 04Compare: total time, quality, and the hidden costs (checking AI’s work, fixing hallucinations, distraction).

Tools: A timer, Two days of your normal work

Your submission

Submit your protocol, both days’ timed logs, and the honest verdict. If AI didn’t save time somewhere, that’s a finding — not a failure.