Don’t let AI inhibit your ability to think. It’s ok to struggle with something and exercise your mind.

Just had a fascinating lunch with a 22-year-old Stanford grad. Smart kid. Perfect resume. Something felt off though.

He kept pausing mid-sentence, searching for words. Not complex words - basic ones. Like his brain was buffering.

Finally asked if he was okay. His response…

GREG ISENBERG

Don’t let AI inhibit your ability to think. It’s ok to struggle with something and exercise your mind. 

https://x.com/gregisenberg/status/1869202002783207622?s=46

DX Engineer | Head of Developer Relations at /pinata | Building orbiter.host | stevedylan.dev/links | opinions are my own

This is also why I don’t use any AI when it comes to writing; it’s one of the few skills in life that forces you to think through ideas and communicate them clearly. It’s also why I try to limit AI use in programming as I want to grow in problem solving skills.

Co-founder, Scout Game. 
https://scoutgame.xyz

cool how quickly our nervous system adopts AI

Incredible how biological organisms adjust so rapidly to preserve energy

I concur but have lil "well actually" 


'We're running the first large-scale experiment on human cognition.' 

We're not, the first run was social media. This is the second time.

Weirdly I feel like it is expanding my vocabulary and idea space.

But also I got a budget bachelor’s degree from a school in a mall. So maybe complex words for me are simple ones for Stanford grads.

Reading imo is important 

Reading organic writing is even more important 

Mental workouts are necessary, mind is a muscle

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