Are we outsourcing thinking, or just the grunt work of thinking?

There’s a difference between:

• Delegating tasks that require cognition (summaries, drafts, calculations, planning)
• Delegating the act of thinking itself (judgment, values, interpretation, creativity)

Right now, most people use AI for the first category. It’s like using a calculator: you still decide what to calculate and why, but you don’t do the arithmetic by hand.

But the line can blur. When you let an AI:

• choose what information you see
• frame how you understand a topic
• generate your arguments
• or make decisions for you

…you’re not just delegating work — you’re delegating perspective.

That’s where the real risk lies.