--- title: We Are Building Minds That Think. We Are Losing Minds... description: An AI practitioner argues that over-reliance on AI tools is eroding human cognitive capacity. Drawing on neuroplasticity and the concept of overfitting, the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/we-are-building-minds-that-think-we-are-losing-minds-that-feel--7w1nto89g twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: We Are Building Minds That Think. We Are Losing Minds That Feel. | daily.dev og:description: An AI practitioner argues that over-reliance on AI tools is eroding human cognitive capacity. Drawing on neuroplasticity and the concept of overfitting, the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/we-are-building-minds-that-think-we-are-losing-minds-that-feel--7w1nto89g og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7w1NTO89G.png og:image:alt: We Are Building Minds That Think. 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With dementia cases accelerating globally, the author calls for awareness about when and why we reach for AI, urging especially young developers to deliberately practice unassisted thinking to protect long-term cognitive health. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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