Jennifer (@[email protected])

This is wild and is going to be really bad for society. I have so far completely avoided using LLMs and don't feel like I'm missing anything. Gift article. The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI Rise of the LLeMmings Many people are becoming reliant on AI to navigate some of the most basic aspects of daily life. A colleague suggested that we might even call the most extreme users “LLeMmings”—yes, because they are always LLM-ing, but also because their near-constant AI use conjures images of cybernetic lemmings unable to act without guidance. For this set of compulsive users, AI has become a primary interface through which they interact with the world. The emails they write, the life decisions they make, and the questions that consume their mind all filter through AI first. “It’s like a real addiction,” Metz told me. #AI #ChatGPT https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/people-outsourcing-their-thinking-ai/685093/?gift=K-QffBYDnAG9PhmtyIFDp5ZzjWs3fDCuxkrjo80QNTU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share