Make a plan to think better
May 22, 2025
Cars (and before them, horses) reduced some people's ability to walk long distances. Unless they had a plan to avoid the degradation of that capability. I think we all need a plan to think even when we don't have to do so.
Svblte: Thoughts on thinking, 2025-May-16 by Dustin Curtis
The irony is that I now know more than I ever would have before AI. But I feel slightly dumber. A bit more dull. LLMs give me finished thoughts, polished and convincing, but none of the intellectual growth that comes from developing them myself. The output from AI answers questions. It teaches me facts. But it doesn’t really help me know anything new.
While using AI feels like a superhuman brain augmentation, when I look back on the past couple of years and think about how I explore new thoughts and ideas today, it looks a lot like sedation instead.
And I’m still stuck. But at least I’m here, writing this, and conveying my raw thoughts directly into your brain. And that means something, I think, even though an AI could probably have written this post far more quickly, eloquently, and concisely. It’s horrifying.