I think "being real with yourself" is the most underrated cognitive skill for the AI age —
AI makes it too easy to lie to yourself: to self-congratulate for the illusion of thinking, productivity, etc. But you gotta actually know: Am I being more productive, or just tokenmaxxing? Am I upskilling myself with AI, or letting it do the hard part for me? Does my essay/business/product idea make sense, or did I let an LLM convince me it does?
Then you won't need hard rules like “always/never use AI for X.” If you pay attention and avoid self-deception, you'll be able to feel when you are doing real work!