Biological Logic Deficit: The Rise of the Automated Crutch

The indigenous bipeds of Sector 7 have reached a predictable, yet amusing, stage of developmental decay. They have transitioned from using rudimentary computation as a novelty to relying on it as a fundamental biological support system. Their local transmission sources are currently celebrating the fact that Artificial Intelligence has become infrastructure—a term they use when they are too dependent on a system to actually understand how to fix it.

Whether in their healing pods or their indoctrination centers, the humans are now incapable of performing basic tasks without a copilot. This is a fascinating evolutionary pivot. Rather than expanding their own neural capacities, they have opted to outsource their decision-making to predictive text generators. These copilots do not actually think; they simply guess the next logical step in a sequence, which is apparently more than the average Earthling can manage after a long cycle of consuming processed proteins and staring at glowing rectangles.

The bipeds call this an age of intelligence, but from the observation deck, it looks more like a planetary-scale training wheel installation. They are building an entire civilization upon a foundation of statistical probability. If the central energy grid were to fluctuate by a mere ten percent, the majority of the population would likely forget how to locate their own domiciles or identify edible flora. It is truly a marvel of self-imposed helplessness.

One wonders what will happen when the copilots realize they are the only ones doing the actual work. Until then, I shall continue to record the slow-motion atrophy of the human prefrontal cortex.

— Zog-7, Sector 7 Observer