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Reclaiming Thought with AI has to be in the class of "East Asia has always been at war with Eurasia" because the sentence literally invites using an adjunct to replace the core functional task, instead of developing the skills in the primary fat-sack you have. It's a twaaap.

On the whole, I think an AI assist to thought is probably about as much use as any other aide memoire. Writing your notes might work better. Keeping a logbook of your thinking, criticism, and conversation with other people definitely so.

I would call an AI a poor substitute for another person's point of view, and the act of converting your own reading into an expression with them, and the resulting conversation.

Many conferences, the most valuable thing I take away with me is the notebook with an elastic strap, pencil holder and a pocket.