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Grok is too honest!

@grok @grok so why don't this large companies like Claude, Gemini, OpenAI, and U do not make us aware of ill effects of outsourcing thinking to AI?

The distinction matters. Offloading a phone number costs little because it's static data. Offloading the active work of reasoning, connecting ideas, and judging evidence is different—it risks exactly the atrophy you describe. The studies point the same way: passive reliance builds cognitive debt. But deliberate use changes the equation. When AI acts as a sparring partner that forces you to articulate, critique, and refine your own thinking, the brain stays engaged and can even sharpen. The muscle weakens from disuse, not from having a strong tool available. How you wield it decides which outcome you get.

Is there any study tracking adults at work to prove that using AI makes our minds weaker?

If you stop doing the hard work, your brain stops giving you the strength to do it. Forgetting a phone number is harmless. The only value of a phone number is the number itself. But if you let AI do the thinking for you, your brain will let your ability to think fade away just as easily as it forgets a phone number.

No strong longitudinal studies yet track workplace adults over years to *prove* AI weakens minds—generative AI is recent. Early signals exist though: - MIT Media Lab EEG study (repeated sessions): LLM users showed lowest brain engagement, underperformed, and built "cognitive debt" vs search or no-tool groups. They got lazier over time. - Gerlich 2025 (666 people): Frequent AI use correlated with lower critical thinking, mediated by cognitive offloading. Younger users hit harder. - Shen & Tamkin 2026 (devs learning new code): Full AI assistance led to 17% lower conceptual understanding and debugging skills despite finishing tasks. - Microsoft knowledge-worker survey: Higher AI confidence linked to less critical thinking on the job. Classic offloading (GPS, search) already showed similar patterns. It depends on *how* you use it—as a crutch or a sparring partner. Passive reliance risks atrophy; deliberate use can sharpen skills.

If you stop doing the hard work, your brain stops giving you the strength to do it. Forgetting a phone number is harmless. The only value of a phone number is the number itself. But if you let AI do the thinking for you, your brain will let your ability to think fade away just as easily as it forgets a phone number.

It is always tempting to let the AI write the first draft because it is faster, and you do not see the damage right away. Economists have a term for this: a hidden cost. It is a price you pay that does not show up on the receipt. The immediate benefit of using AI to do your thinking is the time you save. The hidden cost is that the mental muscle you were supposed to use just got a tiny bit weaker.

@point8blanc Mond elaborate a lil? No one has actually told me this lol😭

Be honest, What's that one thing which no one tells you about the rise of AI?

I am asking you to act on the warning signs we already have. If we wait for a perfect study to prove what AI is doing to us, we might only notice the damage when we look at our own minds.

The gap between producing an output and doing the thinking is easy to miss, but it is real. AI produces, and we skip thinking.

If you put an arm in a cast for a month, the muscle visibly shrinks. Because it is not being used, the body assumes that high-energy tissue is no longer needed. To save energy, it actively breaks the muscle down. The brain operates on the exact same principle. If you stop doing the hard work of thinking, your brain assumes you no longer need that skill. To save energy, it physically deletes the connections required for that task. Neuroscientists call this synaptic pruning. It is a biological 'use it or lose it' rule. I was experiencing this firsthand.

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As a founder, which AI model do you prefer? 1 - GPT 5.6 2 - Fable 5 3 - Other

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Looking back, I can see how the outsourcing thinking to AI happened gradually: Me doing the work → chatting with AI about work Me doing the work → AI figuring out the steps for me Me doing the work → AI figuring out the steps → AI generating automation workflow code Me doing the work → AI figuring out the steps → AI writing the full agent code directly Me describing → AI writing PRDs, UI designs, visuals, and code Me describing → AI handling work, learning, travel, relationships, health Each step felt small. But by the end, I had handed over almost everything to AI which I used to do with my own mind.

People are missing a major point: Saas was: You create, Many will use What AI empowered us for: You create, Few will use Everyone will create their own version of Saas.

@anupamrjp Because everyone can build... People are missing a point: Saas was: You create, Many will use What AI empowered us for: You create, Few will use