Where's the line between AI as tool and AI doing the work? Reddit debates shifting norms
cactussignal · reddit · 2026-09-08
Reddit user cactussignal sparked a discussion on where people draw the line with AI: grammar fixes are widely accepted, brainstorming is fine, AI-written first drafts are contested, while having AI complete an entire assignment you barely understand crosses it for most.
The author notes the line keeps moving—calculators, spellcheck, Google and autocomplete were all once seen as shortcuts. The core question: will AI follow the same pattern, or is outsourcing actual thinking fundamentally different?
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