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qarlyesterday at 10:09 PM2 repliesview on HN

Do you truly believe that AI will prevent people from thinking?

It seems clear to me that people will continue to think, but in different ways.

I hate to bring this analogy up again, but it seems impossible to escape: did losing the ability to do long division really impact humanity?


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canjobearyesterday at 10:20 PM

I’ve encountered several people now who consult LLMs constantly for nearly every decision. Some proportion of people will absolutely cede their thinking to these things, and some already have.

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chrisjjyesterday at 10:16 PM

> Do you truly believe that AI will prevent people from thinking?

It is already relieving people of need for thinking. Today the need; tomorrow the ability.