[ExI] Humans are ceasing thinking and just using AI instead

Darin Sunley dsunley at gmail.com
Thu Jan 30 20:36:08 UTC 2025


1982:
"That's the problem with machines, they can't think."
"Some programs will be thinking soon."
"Hehe. Won't that be grand? The computers and the programs will start
thinking and the people will stop."

1999:
"And I say /your/ civilization because as soon as we started thinking for
you it really became /our/ civilization, which is what this is all about."

2024:
"As a large language model I..."

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Don't outsource your thinking to AI tools.
> Leticia Mooney   Published Nov 30, 2024
>
> If you outsource your thinking to AI tools, you are doing yourself and
> society an immense disservice.
>
> <
> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dont-outsource-your-thinking-ai-tools-leticia-mooney-8nifc
> >
> Quotes:
> Using an AI tool to outsource your thinking has a more destructive
> effect because you stop doing the 'hard work' of thinking, of
> deciding, of assessing information critically. When a computer will do
> it for you, it leads to a degradation of your capacity to think.
> There are already a significant number of people calling out this risk.
>
> Evidence is already surfacing that it is already problematic in some
> professional areas. In one study an accounting firm relied too much on
> its AI tools, which resulted in an erosion of skill. Not only did the
> accountants lose the capacity to perform a task, but that skill
> erosion negatively impacted their clientele.
>
> Given the AI train has already left the station, and we will simply
> have to sink or swim - much like we did with smartphones and the
> resulting addiction - your task now is to increase your AI literacy.
> Retaining your cognitive capacity is not just good for you. It's good
> for society. It means that you can teach your children how to think,
> and they will be better at life as a result - and more capable in the
> real world.
> ----------------------------
>
> Just like smartphones have addicted so many people, as AI improves it
> is causing people to take the easy path and let AI do more and more
> of their thinking.
> This will only get worse as AI continues to improve and people
> hesitate to contradict AI statements.
> BillK
>
> (Note: Bonus points will be awarded if you use AI to reply to this post).
>  :)
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