How to Use AI to Work Around Poor Concentration

Many of us struggle with concentration. Perhaps you have ADHD, depression, or anxiety that robs your focus. Maybe high demands at work are overloading you, or you care for young children who need your attention every few minutes. Maybe a world of "shorts" is shortening your concentration span.

Whatever the reason your concentration is fragmented, here we'll explore ways to use AI as an assistive technology.

Note: This post isn't for people who are productivity or optimization enthusiasts. It's for people who need to function in their personal and work lives.

Do you sometimes feel like you need several hours of unbroken focus to tackle a particular task?

In some cases, tasks need a long window because of physical constraints, like you have to set up equipment, and just that takes an hour.

Other times, the reason is mental. We need to "load context." We need to familiarize or refamiliarize ourselves with the background we need.

Often, AI can load or keep track of this context for us. For example, you can ask it where you left off a project you last worked on months ago. Or you can ask it for an audit of the current status, such as if you're cleaning up a hacked website, organizing........

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