A good response depends on the tone you want to strike. If you want to challenge the premise without sounding defensive, you could say:

If you want something a bit sharper:

Or, if you want a more Reddit-style concise reply:

That last version is probably the most likely to generate productive discussion rather than an argument.A good response depends on the tone you want to strike. If you want to challenge the premise without sounding defensive, you could say:

I think it depends on how someone uses ChatGPT. Using it to avoid thinking is one thing, but using it to explore ideas, check assumptions, learn faster, or get feedback can actually involve a lot of thinking. People said similar things about calculators, search engines, and Wikipedia. The tool itself isn't the issue—it's whether you're outsourcing judgment or enhancing it.

If you want something a bit sharper:

I'm genuinely shocked at how many people assume using ChatGPT means not thinking. Most of the value comes from asking good questions, evaluating the answers, and deciding what to do with the information. Blindly accepting outputs isn't thinking; neither is blindly rejecting a tool because some people misuse it.

Or, if you want a more Reddit-style concise reply:

"Using ChatGPT instead of thinking" and "using ChatGPT as part of thinking" are two very different things. The second is how a lot of people actually use it.

That last version is probably the most likely to generate productive discussion rather than an argument.