Is AI Making Us Smarter Or Dumber? I use AI literally, every single day. And honestly it’s had a huge positive impact on my life and business. It saves me time, helps me draft emails, automate, research markets, come up with ideas, and often gives me perspectives I wouldn’t have thought of on my own. But here’s the question I keep coming back to: Are we outsourcing too much of our thinking? Sure, using AI for certain tasks makes sense it streamlines work and gives us more time to focus on the bigger picture. But there are also tasks where, if we rely on AI too heavily, it might actually stop us from sharpening our own skills. So, is AI making us smarter by expanding what we can do? Or is it slowly making us dumber because we’re not doing the work ourselves? I don’t have a clear answer… but I’d love to hear your thoughts. How do you use AI? Do you think it’s making us sharper or softer?
Interesting thought. I think it really comes down to balance. AI can definitely make us sharper if we use it as a tool to handle repetitive work and spark new ideas, freeing up space for deeper thinking. But if we lean on it for everything without engaging our own critical thinking, that’s when it risks making us softer.
Very interesting point🙏🏽I think it all comes down to how, why and when you use it. It should be used to enhance original thoughts and systems - not to be totally relied on.
Great perspective, Joshua. I think AI can absolutely enhance how we think — but only if we use it as a tool, not a crutch. It’s like using a calculator: it saves time, but we still need to understand the math behind it. The danger, as you said, is letting it replace our creative and critical thinking. For me, AI is best when it augments human judgment rather than replacing it.