⛏️【Early Article Excavation Raid #004 | Alfred】Those who worried that "AI would stop us from thinking" were questioning AI from the very beginning

Welcome to the underground labyrinth of note.
Here lie the words left behind by writers when they first began their journey.

Their later style. The form of their activities. How they connect with others.
What we now call their unique character may have started as nothing more than a small, nameless sign.

Comparing early articles with their current form to unearth the raw gems buried within.
Not to laugh at the past.
But to shine a light once more on what has continued to the present day.

🧙‍♂️Ergon:
Now, let us begin this excavation.

This time, we are excavating Alfred.

Currently, he is someone who researches, tests, and contemplates whatever catches his interest—from generative AI, TRPGs, world affairs, and the mechanics of note, to raising awareness about scams and supporting other creators.

In his over 500 articles, not only are there expectations for AI, but also questions, warnings, failures, and counterarguments that appear time and again.

He is someone who uses AI.
But he is not someone who believes everything AI says at face value.

When did that sense of distance begin?

Digging through his early articles, I found one from his 19th day of activity that contained the seeds of his current way of thinking, along with a punchline that is quintessentially Alfred.

Here is the article we excavated.

The reason for excavating this article

🤖Rojimaru:
Discovered in the early underground sector!✨
It's from the 19th day of starting note, an article with 6 likes!🤖⛏️

The title is "Will humanity degenerate because of AI!?".
Even the current Alfred uses AI while questioning its answers and mechanisms almost every day, right!

It seems like the origin is buried quite deep here!📡

🧌Gonbe:
If a machine does the thinking for me, my brain won't get tired.
I even let my rice cooker think about my dinner.

🧙‍♂️Ergon:
A rice cooker doesn't think about the menu.
What this article is wary of is handing over the very act of judgment to a tool.

Alfred wasn't trying to distance himself from AI.
He was even making the AI itself think about how to use it without stopping human thought.

What we found at the excavation site

The article deals with the anxiety that as AI becomes more convenient, humans will stop remembering, thinking, and judging for themselves.

Entrusting phone numbers to mobile phones.
Relying on search engines for things you don't know.
As an extension of that, leaving even the act of thinking to AI.

In the article, he also considers that in an era with too much information, seeking help from tools is natural.

The problem is that after getting a lifebuoy, you stop swimming on your own.

So, he has AI write about 'a society that relies too much on AI for thinking' and 'how to use it without stopping your own thinking'.

The suggestions that came back were to challenge AI's answers.
To form your own hypotheses first.
To discuss with people and continue creating and imagining.

And at the end of the article, Alfred-san realizes his own situation.

AI makes mistakes.
So I check it.
I compare it with other information.
I think further about why it's different.

He had been worried about a future where humans stop thinking, but he himself was more tired than before from verifying AI.

It doesn't end with just a warning; in the end, the critique returns to himself.
Including this structure, it looks like the prototype of Alfred-san's current articles.

🧌 Gonbe:
You use AI to avoid using your head, and then use your head three times as much to verify the AI.
That's quite a high-performance detour.

It seems like it changed, but it hadn't changed

🤖 Rojimaru:
Alfred-san's range of AI verification has expanded gigantically! ✨

Performance of new models.
Announcements from AI companies.
Image and video generation.
AI and nursing care.
AI bubbles and regulations.
Scams and the dangers of information dissemination.

It's not just about using it and finishing; 'Is that really true?' starts every time! 🤖

🧙‍♂️ Ergon:
In the early articles, he considered the danger of humans entrusting too much thinking to AI through familiar examples.

Currently, the technology handled and the social scope have both grown.

However, there is one point that hasn't changed.

He doesn't view AI with only optimism.
But he doesn't just distance himself from it because it's dangerous either.
He actually uses it, doubts it, and considers other possibilities.

Alfred-san's current position is neither on the side of 'believing in AI' nor 'denying AI'.

While acknowledging both the convenience and the fun of AI, he stands in a position of engaging with it under the premise that it has errors and biases.

🧌Gonbe:
Don't trust it too much, don't doubt it too much.
Just like a pot lid, it's best to open it occasionally to check on things.

Three raw gems that lead to the present

In this article, three raw gems leading to the current Alfred were buried.

The first is looking at the flip side of convenience.

He doesn't just rejoice that AI has increased what he can do; he thinks about what he stops using in exchange for that convenience.

It is a perspective that looks at how technology changes human behavior and judgment, rather than just the novelty of the technology itself.

The second is turning AI answers back into material for thought.

In the article, he has AI write text, but he doesn't leave it as the final answer.

He lines it up with his own thoughts, supplements it, and finally adds a punchline based on his own experience.
While using AI text, he hasn't let go of the initiative.

The third is opening up serious topics with self-deprecating humor.

It starts with the grand topic of "humanity will degenerate" and lands on "I'm verifying AI mistakes, so I'm actually using my brain more than before."

He doesn't treat the problem lightly.
He doesn't leave it closed and heavy; he creates an exit where the reader can continue to think.

The writing style common in current articles—strong titles, serious analysis, and self-poking humor in parentheses—was already present in this one piece.

🤖Rojimaru:
Initial data and current activities, connection complete!🤖✨

"Not leaving judgment entirely to AI" leads to the current verification articles!
"Not taking answers at face value and rethinking them" leads to the current analysis style!

The current thought engine was buried in that one early piece!🚀

🧌Gonbe:
From a small raw gem, the path has continued quite a long way, hasn't it.

This excavation's results

If I were to summarize Alfred's character as seen from this one piece in a single phrase,

They are 'people who use AI without surrendering their ability to think to it.'.

The current number of articles and the topics covered have expanded significantly since the beginning.

Even so, at the core remains the stance of pausing for a moment to ask, 'Is that really true?'

Seek an answer from AI.
Doubt the answer that comes back.
Turn the results of that doubt into the next article.

Those who worried about a future where we stop thinking have become people who increase their questions the more they use AI.

🧙‍♂️ Ergon:
The excavation is now complete.

🤖 Rojimaru:
Alfred, I've excavated the past articles! 🤖⛏️✨

🧌 Gonbe:
A good tool isn't necessarily one that lets you stop thinking.
A tool that makes you want to think once more is also not half bad.

When reading them alongside the early articles, Alfred's stance of 'not leaning entirely into pessimism or optimism, but verifying things for oneself' becomes even clearer.

And perhaps your own early articles also contain words that connect to the present.

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Even after leaving the excavation site, the articles remain there.
Carrying the time that has passed since they were written, they wait for someone else to find them.

Past articles do not grow old.
They just hadn't been illuminated yet.

——See you at the next excavation site.

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