MIT says ChatGPT is making us dumber (they're not wrong)

Yo yo! Happy Wednesday….

Quick test:

Could you write a 1,000 word essay right now? No Google. No ChatGPT. Just you and a blank page.

If you hesitated, you're not alone.

Back in high school, we cranked out essays from thin air. Beginning, body, and conclusion.

Rough Drafts & Final Drafts. Also teachers use to read them & grade them all by hand!

AND we had to do it under a certain time.

Now? Half the people I know would struggle to write three paragraphs without AI assistance.

MIT just dropped a study: "ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills."

And honestly? They're right.

Here's what's happening:

• We've gone from creators to curators

• From thinkers to prompters

• From problem-solvers to copy-pasters

Don't get me wrong now I use AI every day. It's helped us 3x our output and scale faster than ever.

But here's the thing most people miss:

The humans who changed history didn't have ChatGPT.

Edison. Jobs. Einstein. They had something better: unfiltered creativity and the ability to think when everyone else was copying.

Your edge in 2025 isn't how well you prompt AI. It's how well you think without it.

My rule? AI is my assistant, not my brain. I use it to execute faster, not think for me.

Because when everyone's using the same tools, thinking the same way, getting the same answers...

The person who can still think originally wins.

So question for those of you reading this: how are you balancing AI leverage with keeping your creative edge sharp?

Hit reply. I actually read these.

Talk soon,
- Julian

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