Technically, this is an index. YOU were the search engine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_democracy

Make that 20 dollars.

Part of getting things done is reigning in the massive amounts of destruction and corruption.

No question the average person is worse at arithmetic since the invention of the calculators. But we probably wouldn’t have our current standard of living if we hadn’t invented the calculator either. And calculators wre so ubiquitous and basic…

So… On balance it was a net benefit. On the other hand AI affects more than a single skill. Will the QoL improvements outweigh the negative behavioural effects? I think the jury is still out on that one.