And what we don’t realize is what it costs: The brainpower that AI tools supposedly save for other things is surrendered, not conserved. David is not a Paul Kingsnorth, Against the Machine sort who sees the technology itself as dystopian or even demonic. Long-term, he shows, those who use AI tools this way will surrender the very abilities they are trying to help. One part of my brain has something to do, which allows me to bypass what C. S. Lewis called “watchful dragons.” Yet technology will make it easier and easier for you to stop thinking, to stop paying attention, to stop the renewal of your mind.