In the early 1980s, I wired a cottage in Northern Canada using little more than determination, a Time-Life wiring book, and perhaps a dangerous amount of optimism.
Today, I would have YouTube, Google, and AI helping me every step of the way.
But that raises an interesting question:
As intelligent machines make knowledge increasingly available on demand, are we becoming more capable... or simply more comfortable with the illusion of knowing?
The promise of AI—more convenience, faster access to knowledge, and support in solving problems—is undeniably powerful. But with each task we offload to a machine, we must ask: Are we still engaging our own minds in the process?... Is our capacity and capability for critical thinking expanding or... contracting?
