AI's danger: closing the door on options you never weighed
DrKavner · x · 2026-09-02
The article argues that AI's most dangerous effect on thinking is not making you wrong, but making you forget there were other moves to make. It highlights that while eroding skills is a real concern, the primary danger is AI narrowing our cognitive scope, causing us to stop weighing options the AI doesn't mention.
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