AI? No thank you! 3 truly free, no-AI apps for the overwhelmed

AI? No thank you! 3 truly free, no-AI apps for the overwhelmed

Is it just me or is every app update lately promising to “reimagine my workflow” with a new generative assistant? My toaster probably has a chatbot now. We’ve reached a point where software is trying so hard to think for us that it’s actually making it harder to just do the work. In other words, when everything is “smart,” everything is noisy. If you’re feeling the same AI fatigue while trying to manage a career, a household, and a few side proj…