People can use AI to gain insight and ideas on certain topics which they don’t know anything about but it also has its own risks. The more people interact with AI, the more thinking AI will be doing for people. As a result, people will lose their ability to think. In a few years, there will be many people who will be asking AI’s opinion whenever they decide to do something. “Hey I am going to go get a beer from the fridge, is this a good idea? What’s the possibility of me catching a lightning bolt on the way?” You might laugh at this at the moment but it is coming. We are probably one of last generations who do the thinking themselves. Soon AI will takeover that field.
when machines started replacing physical labor, people worried it would make humans lazy. Instead, it freed people from carrying out repetitive, exhausting and overwhelming tasks and gave them room for more creativity and innovation.
The same logic might apply to AI, yes, it could reduce the need for people to solve certain problems themselves, but it could also boost productivity by handling the
mental grunt work. The key will be how humans adapt. If people only use AI passively, they might weaken their own critical thinking. But if they use it as a partner like a calculator, search engine, or power tool it could actually enhance human thought and creativity.