Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?

As AI tools become increasingly capable of handling research, reasoning, and decision-making, people are outsourcing more of their thinking to these systems—from trivial choices to complex analysis. While AI assistants save time and effort, this trend raises concerns about whether we're sacrificing intellectual autonomy and the cognitive benefits that come from thinking through problems ourselves, as illustrated by a tech entrepreneur who records all conversations to let AI analyze them rather than doing the critical thinking himself.