AI is not the enemy of human intelligence, but can actually enhance thinking

📅 Published: August 26, 2025

📰 Source: thezimbabwean

Curated by AllZimNews.com

Even more concerning, the study found that brain connectivity dropped sharply from 79 to 42 points, a 42 percent decline in neural engagement.

These findings cannot be dismissed lightly, especially in a time when AI has rapidly penetrated nearly every aspect of professional and personal life.

Journalists, writers, academics, and creators are now increasingly using AI tools to draft, polish, or even generate entire pieces of work.

The fear, therefore, is that the very foundation of journalism and writing—creativity, critical thinking, and originality—may be under threat.

This may well be true.

But I believe the matter demands deeper reflection before we rush to condemn AI as the enemy of human intelligence.

Let us first acknowledge an undeniable fact: AI is here, and it is here to stay.

No amount of resistance or romantic longing for “the good old days” will change that.

Just as the printing press, typewriters, and later the internet changed the way writers worked, AI is another disruptive tool in the evolutionary journey of communication.

What matters now is not whether AI exists, but how we choose to use it.

The truth is, AI is not a magical tool that writes high-quality, original work at the push of a button.

As someone who uses ChatGPT regularly, I can confidently say that, if anything, there is now a greater demand on the brain than before AI’s advent.