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> ...Microsoft's implementation of AI feels like "don't worry, we will do the thinking for you"

I feel like that describes nearly all of the "productivity" tools I see in AI ads. Sadly enough, it also aligns with how most people use it, in my personal experience. Just a total off-boarding of needing to think.





The term is "cognitive offloading". https://duckduckgo.com/?q=cognitive+offloading

Sheesh, I notice I also just ask an assistant quite a bit rather than putting effort to think about things. Imagine people who drive everywhere with GPS (even for routine drives) and are lost without it, and imagine that for everything needing a little thought...




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