>"While I never use AI for personal writing (because I have a strong belief in writing to think)"
The optimal AI productivity process is starting to look like:
AI Generates > Human Validates > Loop
Yet cognitive generation is how humans learn and develop cognitive strength, as well as how they maintain such strength.
Similar to how physical activity is how muscles/bone density/etc grow, and how body tissues maintain.
Physical technology freed us from hard physical labor that kept our bodies in shape -- at a cost of physical atrophy.
AI seems to have a similar effect for our minds. AI will accelerate our cognitive productivity, and allow for cognitive convenience -- at a cost of cognitive atrophy.
At present we must be intentional about building/maintaining physical strength (dedicated strength training, cardio, etc).
Soon we will need to be intentional about building/maintaining cognitive strength.
I suspect the workday/week of the future will be split on AI-on-a-leash work for optimal productivity, with carve-outs for dedicated AI-enhanced-learning solely for building/maintaining cognitive health (where productivity is not the goal, building/maintaining cognition is). Similar to how we carve out time for working out.
What are your thoughts on this? Based on what you wrote above, it seems you have similar feelings?
Is there a name for this theory?
If not can you coin one? You're great at that :)
