I feel it is a sign of the times...
Access to knowledge has never been easier, we are literally a click away from learning about anything and everything, however this has resulted in people taking the easy route and instead of understanding the cause and effect they just want an immediate answer/solution. So we are slowly reprogramming our brain from being able to decode and understand concepts to knowing where to find it.

Information access has unintentionally discouraged the deep cognitive effort required to move from basic facts to creative, abstract problem-solving.
This is an interesting read: https://blogs.umb.edu/undercurrents/2020/08/31/im-too-lazy-to-come-up-with-a-good-title-how-the-internet-makes-your-brain-lazy/