Writer pushes back on 'AI makes us lazy': it exposes lazy thinking instead
Kyrannio · x · 2026-11-09
A widely shared post argues against the claim that AI makes people cognitively lazy. The author says the opposite: before AI, hours spent researching and formatting felt like proof of serious thinking, while the idea itself went unexamined. Now, handing AI a half-baked thought returns slop, and getting useful output demands more genuine thought than critics admit. The author reports being more intellectually challenged and creatively busy than ever.
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