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AI is Making Us Stupider

The Great Cognitive Offloading

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Rob Thompson
Jul 19, 2025
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The human brain, that remarkable organ that once memorized entire epic poems and calculated complex mathematical equations without assistance, is quietly surrendering its most fundamental functions to artificial intelligence. What began as a convenience – letting calculators handle arithmetic, GPS systems manage navigation – has evolved into a wholesale abdication of cognitive responsibility that threatens to leave us intellectually impoverished in an age of unprecedented technological capability.

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