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Comment by Kuyawa | original | No AI Fridays
[−]Kuyawa · 2026-08-30 Sun 15:10 UTC · link
AI 24/7

> Study after study shows that using LLMs can cause you to accumulate cognitive debt, make you less engaged with your work, negatively impact your critical thinking abilities, and hamper your skill formation.

False

I've learned more, I am more engaged, it has positively impacted my critical thinking abilities and has increased my skill formation

For me it's AI 24/7 even on sundays

[−]ItsMattyG · 2026-08-30 Sun 15:12 UTC · link
What makes it false?
[−]Barbing · 2026-08-30 Sun 15:14 UTC · link
False based on your sample size of one, (which is fine to share), or you’ve also read this somewhere?

If it’s just your own datapoint, is it difficult to self assess?

[−]afdbcreid · 2026-08-30 Sun 15:24 UTC · link
No, false based on subjective experience on a sample size of one.
[−]yoyohello13 · 2026-08-30 Sun 15:32 UTC · link
I guess you’re the exception. Congrats
[−]wonnage · 2026-08-30 Sun 15:57 UTC · link
Those are rookie numbers, once Elon sends my agents to Mars they’ll be doing 40 extra minutes per sol
[−]hirvi74 · 2026-08-30 Sun 16:15 UTC · link
> ...cause you to accumulate cognitive debt, make you less engaged with your work, negatively impact your critical thinking abilities, and hamper your skill formation.

My employer gifted me all that years before LLMs were released.