Big increase in the amount of people using AI to write their replies with AI

Reddit r/artificial / 3/30/2026

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Key Points

  • The article argues that more people are using AI tools to generate responses in online discussions, particularly in technical subreddits.
  • It claims this behavior may reduce genuine understanding and critical thinking by outsourcing explanations, debate, and even browsing-style reasoning to AI.
  • The author frames the trend as a broader “destruction of conversation” where users seek the convenience and dopamine of AI-generated content rather than engaging in human thought.
  • It suggests the change is not driven by a single authority, but by a collective shift in how people participate in discourse.
  • Overall, the piece presents a cautionary perspective on the social and cognitive impact of widespread AI-assisted communication.

I find it interesting that we’ve all randomly decided to use the “-“ more often recently on reddit, and everyone’s grammar has drastically improved. Specifically on highly technical subreddits like this one, when people want to appear like they understand concepts or granular details they just feed it into AI to give them an answer.

To me this feels dangerous, we’re essentially offloading entertainment for an AI to process so we get a dopamine hit. We aren’t even able to browse the internet anymore without AI doing it for us. We can’t even argue without AI feeding us an argument.

This is the destruction of conversation globally. It isn’t a one world government or a tyrannical leader, it’s humanity collectively deciding we would rather not think than think, because thinking is hard. When thinking is the main ability which separates us from animals, so we’re becoming apes who can type because it’s convenient.

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