Why is every discussion about AI like this? We get study after study and example after example showing that AI is unreliable [1], hurts productivity [2], and causes cognitive decline [3]. Yet, time and time again, a group of highly motivated individuals show up and dismiss these findings, not with counter-evidence, but through sheer sophistry. Heck, this is a thread meant to discuss evidence about LLM reliance contributing to cognitive decline. Instead, the conversation quickly derailed into an absurd debate about whether AI coding tools resemble compilers. It's exhausting.

[1]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.11817

[2]: https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-o...

[3]: https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-finds-artifi...