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patphil

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4. I don't really like to, like, spend a lot of time trying to learn something.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 11:54 AM
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I'd rather just learn it,like, as quick as I can.
The kid's not learning anything. He's just being spoon fed, like a baby.

It takes time and effort to actually learn something; to make it part of you. He's letting AI do his thinking for him.
What we're seeing is the beginning of PAX (public access) booths from William Gibson's book, Neuromancer. In his book, this is where people go to get information and be told how to handle situations. It's a combination of information and advice that relieves people of the need to do any work to get what they need. It also sets them up for being massively ignorant on virtually anything they haven't taken the time to look into.
The sad part is that AI can be programmed to "guide" people to predetermined beliefs and conclusions.

Exit human curiosity, enter intellectual laziness and, essentially, a whole new level of ignorance.

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