Will AI Make Dementia Worse? The Case for Outsourced Thinking Backfiring
CatAstro_Piyush · x · 2026-09-30
- A viral take: hunter-gatherers' descendants pay to lift heavy things; our grandkids may pay to think, as we outsource cognition to machines.
- @aubreystrobel theorizes dementia rates could rise: brain-training activities like crosswords once helped preserve cognitive function, but simple mental tasks are now being delegated to AI.
- Speculative but taps a real concern about cognitive atrophy in the AI era.
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