Google News surfaced the provocative hashtag #DeeperStupidAI on August 15, turning an argument about cognitive decline into another conflict packaged for instant consumption. The Saturday Hashtag essay arrived through the aggregator with a blunt implication. Generative AI is not merely producing unreliable answers. It is encouraging people to think less deeply. That concern has evidence behind it, but the headline moves faster than the research. Studies have found lower repor
