Thinking Is Hard: Let the Robots Do It

In the age of tech, thinking is becoming optional. With AI handling everything from math problems to emails, we’re outsourcing our brains. or are we slowly losing our ability to think?

I used to know how to spell their: you know, the whole ie or ei thing. Seriously, I did. But then autocorrect showed up and decided I was absolutely rubbish. Now, Siri and Alexa are battling for my attention like they're both trying to take me out on a date. Last week, I even let Gemini handle all my emails. I'm practically outsourcing my brain at this point.

And honestly? I think my brain’s gone a bit lazy (ier). I tried spelling "definitely" the other day and just stared at the screen like it was some sort of exam. Some people call it cognitive offloading, which is a fancy way of saying, Let the robots do it. and it’s wild how my brain deleted my mom’s number but kept every Wi-Fi password.

If we don’t need to think to survive in this tech-driven world, will thinking just... disappear? Like cursive, mental maths, or trying to text without autocorrect. Pretty soon, we’ll be saying, “Back in my day, people had to think for themselves!” and the kids will just roll their eyes, like we're ancient.

Narrow AI is already doing a lot: Siri, Alexa, self-driving cars, facial recognition… and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. But General AI? It’ll think, reason, and probably start giving you life advice on the side.

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