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OC375

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4. It Works Best As a Supplementary Tool

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:59 PM

Feb 9

When it's viewed as some sort of super power or level-up or force-multiplier is when problems come in. It's supposed to assist with what you already know how to do. It's isn't a teacher, a mentor or a virtual shared life experience.

People also seem to be getting cognitively dumber when they short cut thinking about how to solve problems, and just AI it. Even with online forums, debate has moved from taking the time to lay out and explain one's position to posting links to surveys, studies and basically other people's work.

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Harvard Business Review: AI Doesn't Reduce Work--It Intensifies It (causing fatigue, burnout and poor decisions) [View all] highplainsdem Feb 9 OP

No one could have predicted that ... eppur_se_muova Feb 9 #1

K'n' F*ing R!! justaprogressive Feb 9 #2

To my knowledge canetoad Feb 9 #3

It Works Best As a Supplementary Tool OC375 Feb 9 #4

Ai should be illegal imo SheltieLover Feb 9 #5

why is it so much of the computer tech stuff actually makes for more work, not less? mwmisses4289 Feb 9 #6