> The historical pattern suggests cognitive abilities shift rather than disappear.

What the hell have I just read (or at least skimmed)?? I cannot understand if the author is:

a) serious, but we live on different planets

b) serious with the idea, tongue-in-check in the style and using a lot of self-irony

c) an ironic piece with some real idea

d) he is mocking AI maximalists

	▲	cimi_ 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		There was discussion about this here a couple of weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46458936 Steve Yegge's a famous developer, this is not a joke :) You could say he is an AI maximalist, from your options I'd go with (b) serious with the idea, tongue-in-check in the style and using a lot of self-irony. It is exaggerated, but this is how he sees things ending up eventually. This is real software. If things do end up in glorified kanban boards, what does it mean for us? That we can work less and use the spare time reading and doing yoga, or that we'll work the same hours with our attention even more fragmented and with no control over the outputs of these things (=> stress). I'd really wish that people who think this is good for us and are pushing for this future do a bit better than: 1. More AI 2. ??? 3. Profit
	▲	cap11235 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Just ignore the rambling crypto shill.