Post #2756346

2026-05-22 08:17 UTC

Getting worse at tasks doesn’t make you a moron. Are you a moron because you aren’t as good at mental arithmetic as you were when you practiced it for school? No.

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@Windex007@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 23:51

“What should I do” and “what is 17+19” are fundamentally different questions. What cognitive deficiency makes one a moron? This is the question. If you believe there is nothing one could be deficient at that makes one a moron, then yes: no technology would make you a moron. You’re starting from a position where there is no prerequisite to not be a moron. It’s a tautology. If there is a nugget… some bare minimum of performance required to not be a moron… then you must consider if a technology is driving people to that state. I know morons. I know they exist. I know what they lack. I know why AI excites them. It provides a leveling mechanic that allows them to put up a facade of competence. I have no frame of reference to viscerally comprehend the excitement of being able to cosplay as a competent person. It must be the most exciting thing in the world. For everyone else who alreadyhad two brain cells to rub together, it’s a Tuesday. Synthesizing direction from inputs is intelligence. Deriving future inputs from observed data is a calculator. They couldn’t be more different. It’s obscene delusion to suggest they’re the same let alone similar

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