Developer warns: the time AI frees up can quietly rot your attention span
lxfater · x · 2026-09-26
Developer lxfater shares a personal reflection: after delegating tasks to AI, he filled the waiting gaps with short videos and gradually found himself unable to focus on anything longer.
His takeaway: AI doesn't make you dumber — it's what you feed the newly freed time that matters. He now reads and writes while AI runs, concluding that "the brain doesn't break, it just rusts."
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