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Is AI an exoskeleton for the mind?

Technology that helps people do things they couldn’t otherwise achieve can also lead to atrophy

Is AI an exoskeleton for the mind?

TL;DR

  • Technology can help individuals achieve things they otherwise could not.
  • This assistance can lead to a decline or atrophy in the user's abilities.
  • The analogy is drawn between physical tools causing muscle atrophy and intellectual tools potentially causing cognitive atrophy.