cognitive skills are in decline

After reading about socrates and his belief that writing-will-ruin-memory, it’s hard to ignore the strong ties to today’s big topics.

ai tools continue to increase in popularity, despite their poor performance on the things that matter, knowledge work and deductive tasks.

Part of their allure is the illusion of intellectual output. To the uninformed, firing in some text and believing what comes out is easy.

However with everything comes a cost. Offloading some integral brain functions leads to a decline in their capacity.

Memory, focus and problem solving skills are anaemic. Turn off the AI tools and work those muscles. You won’t regret it.