AI and the Shortcut That's Rewriting Human Thought
Briefly

AI provides rapid responses, removing the discomfort traditionally involved in deep thinking. While this fluency is appealing, it risks diminishing the crucial struggle that fosters insight and transformation. Historically, suffering has shaped creativity and clarity, reflecting a profound human truth. The shift towards effortless problem-solving may lead to the loss of growth opportunities that stem from confusion and mental fatigue. Such friction was once a vital component of the cognitive process, integral to personal and artistic development.
Art is born of humiliation. The wound is the place where the light enters you. One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
Insight rarely emerges without discomfort. We suffered for our art, for our judgment, and for our clarity. That suffering shaped the insight and marked the transformation.
Large language models offer a way to bypass discomfort that accompanied difficult thinking, providing fluency that resolves ambiguity quickly.
The old process of struggling with cognitive limits was not a flaw to be fixed; it was the essence of growth and transformation.
Read at Psychology Today
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