AidanOnLearningJan 13
Paul Kirschner

There’s a crucial difference between using AI to support thinking and using it to substitute for thinking. Offloading supports cognition. Outsourcing replaces it.

https://www.kirschnered.nl/2026/01/13/understanding-ai-offloading-or-outsourcing-thinking/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Jan 13 at 8:57amWeb
Show threadJonathan👣🚲Jan 13
@PaulKirschner What makes this especially scary to me is that it’s gnawing at human agency. It’s not just a part of our life being automated, badly or not—it’s the core of our own humanity. (Eat my em dash. I can type those.)