Anti-Intelligence: When Thinking Has No Consequence

"I think it's fair to say that artificial intelligence is inconsistent, frequently wrong, and sometimes shallow. While the evangelists might push back, anyone who uses it regularly knows this. It misses context, invents details, and can sound confident about things it does not actually understand. Those limits are obvious, and most users encounter them quickly. Yet despite these flaws, for many people, using AI often feels impressive, if not amazing. For some, it already feels as though thinking itself has become easier."

"Human thinking has always been shaped by the pressure under which it is conceived. When we reason, we do so knowing that our ideas can cost us something. We can be embarrassed or misunderstood. We can damage relationships. We can make choices that close off other options. And once we decide, we do not get to reset the situation and try again. That pressure is not a flaw in human cognition. It is what gives thinking its weight."

Artificial intelligence is inconsistent, frequently wrong, and sometimes shallow. It misses context, invents details, and can sound confident about things it does not actually understand. For many users, however, AI often feels impressive and makes thinking feel easier. Human reasoning has weight because ideas carry real consequences: embarrassment, damaged relationships, foreclosed options, and irreversible decisions. That pressure shapes deliberation and causes hard questions to linger. AI’s rapid, consequence-free answers can change how people experience decision-making by relieving the burden of standing behind conclusions. The primary danger lies not in replacement but in the erosion of responsibility that gives thinking its weight.

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