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August 23, 2026 · 1 min read

AI is a convenience tool that dumbs down masses

Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager

AI is the “convenience” tool used to dumb down masses of people.

I made this meme about 3 years ago, and AI is now even worse than I suspected earlier.

And this worseness is accelerating exponentially.

While AI *can* be a useful tool
(much like MS Excel can be a useful tool)
it is glaringly obvious how much AI has quite literally dumbed down so many people’s ability to think independently in the last 3 years.

Much less use any actual Critical Thinking.

Anyway, it’s a glorious weekend morning, and I’m going to have another huge mug of super strong black coffee, and maybe figure out fun new ways to mess with our benevolent AI censor overlords here, of GoodThink professionalism, and copy & paste conformity.

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Tom's notes 6

  1. Tom Kirkmanreplying to Perry Roberts

    indeedy that !

  2. Tom Kirkmanreplying to Eugene Daniel

    *bingo*

  3. Tom Kirkmanreplying to Cliff Saunders

    Tard Pruning is indeed a worthwhile endeavor.

    I'm simply enjoying life, I love my job, and I get to read and write in my free time 😁

    An author sent me a free hard copy of his new book for me to read and review, and it arrived yesterday.
    So I look forward to something new to read next weekend ...

    https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5LWNvcHk_0cf82fa7-1335-428f-95b6-4a7216ae67e0

  4. Tom Kirkman

    Thanks J. Miles : )

  5. Tom Kirkmanreplying to Geoff Quartermaine Bastin

    outsourcing independent thinking to a planned conformity is totally not scary at all.

    I have fun here writing off the cuff posts at 3 AM with some super strong black coffee, usually having zero idea what I will write about today. Just start typing and hit SEND.

    The reward is the comments from knowing, aware readers who play along with my shenanigans, and hopefully I can make some readers facepalm and giggle at my stupidity 😃

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