I think that there’s a small but growing contingent of humans on this planet who are completely delegating their thinking to AI.
I’m not talking about just having AI assist you in checking your email and buying plane tickets.
I’m talking about full thought replacement.
I’m talking about just asking for AI help for everything and turning off the critical thinking part of your brain.
In 1986, Fred Brooks wrote “No Silver Bullet”, later collected in his seminal work, The Mythical Man-Month.
His thesis was that no single development, in either technology or management technique, would deliver even a tenfold improvement in software productivity within a decade.
Well…
One of my earliest computer debugging memories was splicing my own null modem (serial) cable connecting two 386s to play DOOM with my brother.
With no internet or manuals, I somehow figured out how to run dm.exe and get it working over 100’ for lots of summer fun.