AI Dependency is Eroding Our Ability to Think
thealexbanks · x · 2026-07-10
The author notes that whenever Claude experiences a brief outage, they feel noticeably "stuck"—it's not just an interruption to their work, but as if a part of their daily thinking capacity and momentum has been severed.
They argue that as people delegate more of their judgment, thinking, and agency to AI, the real risk isn't just about efficiency, but the gradual loss of independent thought and self-motivation. They share a piece of advice: don't just accept AI's first answer; ask it to self-refute first, and then make the final judgment yourself.
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