Will AI Cause a Decline in Cognitive Skills
theomitsa · x · 2026-07-14
This reshared post poses a direct question: Will AI make us dumber?
The core viewpoints from the cited content are:
- When we outsource cognitive tasks to tools, our own ability to master those skills may degrade
- This risk isn't new; calculators had a similar impact long ago
- However, AI's scale is much larger because it can handle almost all everyday cognitive tasks
- The author is less worried about adults who have already formed foundational skills, and more concerned about children who might grow up never learning these abilities
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