Right: When I avoid memorizing a country's capital city, that's because I can easily know when I will want it later and reliably access it from an online source.
When I avoid multiplying large numbers in my head, that's because I can easily characterize the problem and reliably use a calculator.
Neither are the same as people trying to use LLMs to unreliably replacing critical thinking.
When I avoid multiplying large numbers in my head, that's because I can easily characterize the problem and reliably use a calculator.
Neither are the same as people trying to use LLMs to unreliably replacing critical thinking.