GPT4 is an example of #2

Human beings on avg, in absolute terms, are materially less intelligent than generations past

The notion that our intelligence is equal but adjusted to video is cope. Most ppl are functionally illiterate compared to humans when text alone was the interface
https://warpcast.com/hyper/0x1029be

Relying on technology to flex one’s reading, writing, and reasoning muscles will accelerate the decline

It is obvious that much of the void will be filled with entertainment soma if the trend continues

this is a very underrated point. that most stuff we have as entertainment today is an attempt to replace something people used to do. Thiel mentions something similar in his Straussian Moment essay in relation to abandoning the political questions: https://i.imgur.com/UMaIVxC.png