Seth Lazar Pushes Back on AI Deskilling Fears: Past Tech Lessons Still Apply
sethlazar · x · 2026-09-26
Responding to Arthur Spirling's gloomy take that AI will erode defining human skills, Seth Lazar argues such fears ignore the lessons of every past technology: tech doesn't decide outcomes for us. Consumer AI does invite deskilling, but humans have good reasons to resist, partly via norms about when AI use is appropriate — a distinct issue from pre-deployment AI safety.
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