Calling people NPCs because they use AI is pretty ironic. Using a tool doesn't make someone less human, any more than using a calculator makes someone incapable of thinking. The real question is whether people are using AI to expand their thinking or outsourcing it entirely. Blindly repeating AI-generated content is one thing; using AI as a tool for creativity, learning, or productivity is another. Judge the thought, not the tool.

I have heard lots of stupid things, and this is in the top ten indeed.

The first stupiditt is that people who use AI,.don't use it all the time. So no not all their respondes are generated.

The second stupidity is that using AI means they use it to generate responses. Maybe they only use it to gather information or automate work tasks.

And the third stupidity is that using AI means you don't also use your brain, thus "no conscience".

Applying the same logic, people who read books are NPCs too because all their responses are generated, no conscience there, just sentences taken from books.

/s just in case (referring to books)

Assisted AI is fine, but putting it in the drivers seat and abandoning critical thinking skills is pretty concerning, yet sadly not surprising with the masses

The irony is that calling people “NPCs” for using AI is itself a pretty scripted take. AI can generate text, but people still choose what to ask, what to accept, and what to do with it. “Another Brick in the Wall” was about resisting systems that flatten individuality—not about treating everyone who uses a new tool as mindless.

• Perplexity AI.