Are we developing a distaste for effort? FT on what's lost when AI makes things too easy
JMateosGarcia · x · 2026-09-22
Citing a Financial Times article titled "Are we developing a distaste for effort?", the author explores what gets lost when AI makes things too easy.
The core question he raises: what organizational and societal incentives exist to use the saved time and new capabilities responsibly — toward others and our future selves?
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