Is AI making us less intelligent?

Answers come instantly these days. We once prized cognitive features, but they're now quietly being outsourced.
I've noticed that this subtle convenience is becoming a gradual shift. Routine, complexity, and the slow puzzles that built sharpness are quietly fading from our daily challenges.

Each time AI fills in the blanks or suggests the next step, it chips away at the mental grit that once set people apart. It’s easy to celebrate the fall of monotony, but I feel something oddly unsettling about the trade-off.
When instant assistance is always within reach, what happens to curiosity, intellectual struggle, or even real direction?

Sometimes it feels like we’re gaining efficiency but losing something harder to define. Does anyone else notice a change in how we approach challenges or think for ourselves?

Is the mental trade-off worth it, or are we beginning to miss the spark we had before everything became so easy?