[footy]

> then perhaps AI is the electric scooter for the mind

I have a whole half-written blog post about how LLMs are the cars of the mind. Massive externalities, has to be forced on people, leads to cognitive/health issues instead of improving cognition and health.

[SoftTalker]

Cars didn't have to be forced on people. They were adopted enthusiastically.

[footy]

were they? [0] I think we have a different idea of "enthusiasm" [1]

[0] https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/when-cities-treated-cars-... [1] https://usa.streetsblog.org/2020/03/19/study-most-car-owners...