AI debate: offloading thinking or instilling your own thinking into the model?
eschadiol · x · 2026-10-19
A debate on whether AI makes people abandon thinking. Critics argue the AI industry wants people to offload too much thinking and labor. KOL eschadiol counters that his friend didn't offload thinking—she instilled her thinking into AI, gaining more time to iterate and find better solutions, calling it a superpower rather than a crutch.
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