I wonder if AI is making us dumber

I can have AI pull some analysis - sql query, crunch some numbers and bam, some precise sounding number.

But then I question it, and then it says "you are right, I didn't check that"

How did I know what to question? By doing the friction work of querying myself, calculating myself, and then getting questions from leadership.

I worry about the younger generation. They spit out Claude results fast, people question it and they say "ok I'll take that back to Claude".

I suppose they'll eventually learn to do their own sense checking because they still have the friction of presenting to others.

And maybe my model is a thing of the past. Everyone is now going to be a manager (of agents) fresh out of school. They aren't doing the work anymore but they will need to set clear goals, validate work and hold agents accountable.

Pre-LLMs: anyone can generate ideas, the implementation is what matters

Post-LLMs: anyone can generate implementations, the ideas are what matter

Oh it is, no question. All the people who come to AI with years of expertise are feeling it - what happens to all the people who never get the chance to develop it?