Here you go. Battle of AI warriors ![]()
Youâre rationalizing the lazy side of AI use by calling it âaugmentation,â but thatâs disingenuous. The problem isnât that people use AI. Itâs that most of them use it to skip the actual work of thinking, formulating arguments, and engaging with the thread.
Thereâs a massive gap between:
- Using AI to sketch an outline, then filling it with your own reasoning, examples, and critique, and
- Spitting out polished, generic AI paragraphs that could be generated by anyone.
That second one is low effort, no matter how many times you polish the prose. Itâs outsourcing your brain.
And your Google search comparison is flatly wrong. When you Google, you still have to read, synthesize, and build your own argument. AI doesnât just speed that up, you replace the synthesis with a model that didnât do the forumâs cognitive work. Thatâs why posts feel robotic and discussions get worse.
