Blog Post

February 14, 2025

By

András Baneth

AI Isn’t the Enemy of Thinking—Lazy Use of It Is

57% of professionals fear AI will undermine strategic thinking—but is AI the real problem? Instead of outsourcing thought, use AI to enhance analysis, reveal blind spots, and deepen insights. It’s about how you use it.

AI to improve and elevate your thinking not replace it | Influence Builders

AI should *improve* our thinking, not replace it. But many fear it will.(See the many comments to my post yesterday exactly on this issue: https://lnkd.in/eDYdFD9E)

According to FiscalNote's survey, 57% of professionals fear AI will undermine strategic thinking and expertise.

That’s the top concern: bigger than privacy, job loss, or regulation.

I don't think AI is the *enemy* of thinking. Lazy (or uninformed) use of AI is.

Instead of outsourcing your thinking to it, experiment using it as a tool for deeper, faster, and better analysis ("help me reveal blind spots", "does this job ad have any hidden biases?", "what sort of read-between-the-lines insights can you discover in this speech?"). That requires mastering the techniques and understanding the creative uses of it.

Do you agree...?

**This was originally posted on Andras Baneth's LinkedIn account.

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