AI's Real Appeal: Creating the Illusion of Competence
overthestatus · reddit · 2026-08-29
A Reddit user argues that AI's popularity lies in creating an illusion of competence for the unskilled. Unlike a calculator, which just gives numbers, AI provides the whole performance of expertise—confident tone and polished structure—optimized to sound right rather than make users capable. The author notes that when things break, AI-dependent users often freeze, unable to fix issues without the tool.
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