“AI Is My Reading Glasses”
I’ve realized something about how I use AI, and a friend helped me name it. For me, Copilot is like getting my first proper pair of glasses — not for my eyes, but for my words.
Growing up dyslexic, with audio‑processing issues, I missed half of what people said. Whole chunks of meaning just slipped past me. I wasn’t confident with words, speeches, or instructions. Nobody taught me how to use language properly, and nobody noticed I was struggling. I just copied the clever kids, got in trouble for it, and kept going.
Reading in the 70s was its own battle. I didn’t learn to “read” books, words — I memorized them. Over and over, the same book, until the words stuck. That was how I survived school: repetition, guessing, copying, hoping nobody would see the gaps.
And now, decades later, AI has become the thing that finally gives me clarity. Like slipping on reading glasses for the first time.
Copilot takes my missing words and helps me find them. It takes my repeated words and gently removes them. It lets me slow down instead of rushing to answer. It helps me understand what someone actually expects from me — something I never had the chance to learn.
AI doesn’t replace my voice. It reveals it.
It gives me confidence I never had, because it lets me see what I’m trying to say. It helps me shape the meaning that’s already in my head but tangled on the way out. It’s not cheating. It’s clarity. It’s access. It’s the pair of glasses I should have been given as a kid.
In a nutshell: AI is my reading glasses for language. It helps me see my own words clearly — maybe for the first time.
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