You cannot produce knowledge while outsourcing your thinking to software
round · x · 2026-08-22
The article critiques the growing trend of outsourcing research and writing to LLMs. The author, a professional thinker and writer, argues that handing over the cognitive work of their profession to software—likened to "Bastard Clippy"—is a waste of functional and emancipatory potential. The author declares a commitment to always write their own work and use technology only to automate mechanical mental tasks, preserving human autonomy in thinking.
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