We are in a massive psychological and social experiment.
Uses linked to learning, creativity, organizing life, and finding direction seem less prominent. Uses linked to support, advice, entertainment, companionship, troubleshooting, and delegation are moving up.
My worry is a basic rule of the brain and body: use it or lose it.
Perhaps weaker memory, less writing practice, and less independent problem-solving will simply become part of the price of convenience. Maybe AI will compensate for what we stop practicing.
But what about outsourcing the harder human capacities: difficult conversations, patience, listening, emotional regulation, and social courage?
As a father, I would not want to run that risk with children who are still building the foundation: attention, language, memory, judgment, and social skills.
They need to build those capacities before deciding what to outsource.
The article does not break the data down by age. I really hope this pattern is mostly adult behavior.
Article: HBR, “How People Are Really Using AI in 2026” by Marc Zao-Sanders.
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