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Cartooning in the Age of AI

Cartooning in the Age of AI #21: What We Lose When AI Does Our Thinking

AI can dull our brains and that's only one reason not to rely on it.

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Alex Hallatt
Jul 10, 2025
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Cartooning wasn’t an easy way to make a living before generative AI came along.
Now we’re going to have to get smarter.
And more human.

AI Stops You Learning

After drafting this post, I read this one by Ethan Mollick, an academic who analyses the use of AI. Using AI has a very real effect on how we think.

"If you outsource your thinking to the AI instead o…

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