One could argue (truthfully!) that cars cause the decline of leg muscles. But in many situations, cars are enough better than walking, so we don't care.
AI may reach that point - that it's enough better than us thinking that we don't think much anymore, and get worse at thinking as a result. Well, is that a net win, or not? If we get there for that reason, it's probably a net win[1]. If we get there because the AI companies are really good at PR, that's a definite net loss.
All that is for the future, though. I think that currently, it's a net loss. Keep your ability to think; don't trust AI any farther than you yourself understand.
[1] It could still not be a net win, if AI turns out to be very useful but also either damaging or malicious, and lack of thinking for ourselves causes us to miss that.
You’re really saying that getting worse at thinking may be a net win, and comparing atrophied leg muscles to an atrophied mind? I think humanity has lost the plot.
Java and Assembly are the same in the dimension of cognitive burden. Trying to reason about this fundamentally new thing with analogies like this will not work.
AI may reach that point - that it's enough better than us thinking that we don't think much anymore, and get worse at thinking as a result. Well, is that a net win, or not? If we get there for that reason, it's probably a net win[1]. If we get there because the AI companies are really good at PR, that's a definite net loss.
All that is for the future, though. I think that currently, it's a net loss. Keep your ability to think; don't trust AI any farther than you yourself understand.
[1] It could still not be a net win, if AI turns out to be very useful but also either damaging or malicious, and lack of thinking for ourselves causes us to miss that.