Using AI doesn't turn off your brain—it just changes where you spend the effort
arjunrajlab · x · 2026-10-15
Responding to complaints that AI stops people from thinking, John Cook argues the brain is still heavily used—just differently: describing what you want and verifying the output. arjunrajlab echoes with mixed feelings: "In some ways I'm using my brain less, in some ways WAY more."
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