What I did on my computer, any power user can do on theirs.

Back when Google was the newest thing, I would Google all the obscure things that I could think of, trying to fill in gaps in my knowledge. Trying to verify urban myths but usually debunking them, etc.

Any power user or even any user, could have done that. But most people who considered themselves critically thinkers actually did the opposite, digging deeper into all the harmful rabbit holes we see today.

A lot of things can done "with just a few steps" with AI but I think it's underestimated how hard it is to come up with those steps.

Not that the article isn't interesting otherwise.