Thread by @DrAkhtar17372

The threat is not AI.
The threat is using it
before you know how to think without it.

1️⃣ Soft Reality Check

You use flights instead of walking.
Calculators instead of abacuses.
Search engines instead of libraries.

Why is this the only tool that scares you?

2️⃣ Structural Exposure

Every major cognitive leap in history
was first called decay.

Writing was said to weaken memory.
Printing was said to weaken thinking.
The internet was said to weaken attention.

Now AI.

The pattern repeats.
The fear just changes its name.

3️⃣ Logical Strike

If using tools reduces activation,
then books should be banned.
Because reading reduces memorization.

Efficiency is not erosion.
Dependency is.

4️⃣ Deeper Psychological Point

We accept tools that extend muscle.
We resist tools that extend mind.

Why?

Because strength is visible.
Intellect feels personal.

5️⃣ Identity

You don’t reject airplanes
because they replace walking.

You reject AI
because it replaces ego.

6️⃣ Ego Defense Mechanism

When someone can’t use a tool, it’s easier to insult it than learn it.

“AI slop” often means: my status feels threatened.

7️⃣ Power Shift

AI doesn’t create intelligence — it makes expression cheaper.

That breaks old gatekeeping.
And gatekeepers call the unlocked door “fake.”

8️⃣ Overuse Before Skill (the real risk)

AI isn’t dangerous because it helps.
It’s dangerous when people use it before they can think without it.

Then the tool becomes a crutch, not an amplifier.

9️⃣ Medium Confusion

When someone attacks “AI” instead of the idea,
they’re avoiding evaluation.
It’s a shortcut: dismiss the source so you don’t face the structure.

🔟 Fear of Replacement vs Fear of Exposure

Many don’t fear AI replacing humans.

They fear it exposing how much of their “intelligence” was packaging, not depth.