Technology

Introduction: The Great Misunderstanding Since the hype around ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and others, artificial intelligence has become a buzzword. Marketing materials promise assistants that understand, learn, reason, write, and analyze. Startups put “AI-powered” on every second website. Billions change hands. Entire industries are built on the illusion. And yet, in the overwhelming majority of cases: These are not intelligent systems. They are statistically trained text generators optimized for plausibility—not truth, not understanding, not meaning. ...

From Thinking to Tapping: How Technology Took Over Our Brains A simple timeline through digital dumbing-down—deep, clear, and no-nonsense Introduction – Honest question: When was the last time you truly thought? Not just googled, not just clicked “OK,” not just followed GPS—but thought for yourself? The uncomfortable truth: the smarter our devices became, the lazier our brains got. We’ve outsourced more and more: phone numbers, routes, decisions, even our memories. ...