Most people aren’t using AI to think. They’re using it to avoid thinking
I just read through ~70 comments on a founder thread.
Maybe 3-5 felt like they came from an actual human.
The rest?
AI-generated. Polished. Structured. Empty.
Not wrong - just…not thought through. No soul. Mechanical
And it made me realise something:
Most people aren’t using AI to sharpen their thinking. They’re using it to fake and avoid thinking entirely.
You can feel it in how people respond:
- generic agreement
- recycled frameworks
- subtle self-promotion disguised as insight
No friction. No perspective. No stake.
Just content. And very boring.
And the irony is: the more people do this, the less anyone actually trusts what they’re reading.
Because it all sounds the same.
AI isn’t the problem.
Outsourcing your thinking is.
The people who stand out now aren’t the ones with the best prompts.
They’re the ones who still think for themselves
You can tell the difference immediately.
I couldn't agree more with this! It's an issue I've been pondering on recently, the fact that we humans do not want to exercise our brains anymore.
With ya! When I first discovered AI, I went with it and didn't question it. Wrote and did everything it said until I learnt it lacked common sense. Amazing working partner, but you have to know each others place. Evidently, my writing skills are rubbish without it, but feels good to break away now and then haha