Counterintuitive take: AI degrades thinking most for those who don't use it
jd_pressman · x · 2026-10-27
Responding to "if you think AI is deteriorating your ability to think, it probably has," jdpressman flips the popular narrative: AI most degrades the thinking of people who don't use it — users who must evaluate and correct outputs keep their mental edge, while avoiders lose that daily training.
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