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Thinking Will Become a Hobby, Essay Argues

Original: Thinking will become a hobby

A new essay by Diomidis Spinellis argues that as AI systems increasingly handle reasoning and problem-solving, deliberate human thinking risks becoming an optional leisure pursuit rather than a daily necessity. The piece has struck a chord among technologists, who are debating whether outsourcing cognition to machines will erode critical thinking skills or simply free people to think more deeply about what matters.

Why now: Rising anxiety about AI replacing human cognitive work is prompting wide debate about the value of independent thought.

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