This creates a dangerous illusion:
Competence without comprehension.
People feel smarter because outputs improved.
But their internal thinking muscles may actually weaken.
For the first time in history, millions of people can generate:
ideas
explanations
code
strategies
writing
…without deeply understanding the process behind them.
Most people use AI as a fast servant. They give instructions and receive answers. What they do not do is think with it. That is the real problem, because fast answers to the wrong questions are worse than slow answers to the right ones. Speed creates the illusion of progress.
Non-linear thinking always generated the best ideas. Linear thinking always shipped them. The problem: one brain rarely does both well at once. AI handles the linear translation, so you can stay in creative mode and still ship.
Building in public: CrossSlide puzzle game
A sliding word puzzle where you drag words along their tracks to align intersecting letters.
Simple concept, satisfying mechanics:
→ Words slide along fixed rails
→ Intersections must match
#gamedev#puzzlegame
I built a game out of frustration.
Sudoku already clicked in my head, why was I still typing numbers?
So I flipped it: just tap to reveal.
Too easy. No thinking.
The fix? 1 is a bomb. 💣
Think first or BOOM.
Sudoku × Minesweeper = TapDoku
▶️ Play free: https://t.co/PJKzy9Ph8C
SquareStack is a modern color-matching puzzle game with a unique twist: form a 2×2 square of the same color to trigger a match, and watch as all connected blocks of that color clear in a satisfying chain reaction!
https://t.co/JbtG7x0wuq
#puzzle#indiegame#game