That's not the point. The point is that that isn't how young people and college students are using it now: they are using it to think for them, and that's what's going to lead to the dip in human cognitive ability that we can already see signs of. You're an outlier in using it responsibly.
As the backhoe became common in any given region, the people there lost the ability to expertly dig big holes by hand. Many of them had to find different ways to earn money as their previous positions as diggers evaporated at the behest of this newfangled machine.
I see that as a societal advancement, and in no way do I see it as a problem that needs solving.
When we run out of backhoes, then we can learn to dig expertly once again. We're flexible that way.
Very bad analogy, and it looks like perhaps you don't understand this technology at all. Studies are showing that overusing it makes people stupid. Young people today are going to wind up completely unemployable.
My apologies if I was rude. But I still stand by my statement: this technology is unlike anything that came before it and the effects on the youth are mostly bad. We will probably have to agree to disagree: at least until it becomes obvious who's correct.
It's just a tiresome thing to keep hearing. For my entire lifetime so far, it seems like there's always been something that will surely melt the brains of children into smooth useless calcified lumps.
Comic books, sex ed, junk food, lazy fiction, plan B, horror movies, pocket calculators, television, rock music, D&D, video games, internet access, chat rooms, search engines: Whatever it is, it's going to destroy a whole generation (or more!) and we must do something about it in order to save the children.
It's like the story about the boy who cried wolf, wherein: So far, the wolf hasn't been real. Each new batch of kids has been different from the last, and with their own challenges, but they broadly still figure out how to get enough done to live a life.
So far, the kids are alright. They've always been alright.
