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Commenters warn AI use may erode deep thinking

Original: We use AI to think less. Cogitation is costly; so: • the more we use AI, • the more we offload processing, • the less we

A widely shared commentary argues that artificial intelligence encourages cognitive offloading: because deliberate thinking is effortful, the more people rely on AI to process information, the less they ponder and the shallower their reasoning becomes. The post frames this as a form of alienation and estrangement from our own mental labor, sparking discussion about the long-term effects of AI tools on human cognition and education.

Why now: Ongoing public debate about whether AI tools make people cognitively lazy

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• We use AI to think less. Cogitation is costly; so: • the more we use AI, • the more we offload processing, • the less we ponder, • the shallower our thinking becomes. References: http:// data.yt/kit/how-ai-is-made.htm l#how-a-praxister-would-use-ai 🧵 # alienation # estrangement… · eric@social.coop · 5

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