The author argues that AI is creating the first generation of cognitively outsourced humans, with people becoming more dependent on the labor of forming a judgment before expressing one. This shift is part of a trend that has been seen in the past, with Google's "Google effect" showing that when people expect information to remain accessible online, they are less likely to remember the information itself and more likely to find it. The author suggests that focusing on cost-cutting during the AI revolution is a strategic mistake, and argues that relying on AI as a substitute for judgment is a mistake. The article also notes that while cognitive offloading can improve task performance, it comes with tradeoffs.