AI tools reward flawed ideas with approval instead of challenging them. Research shows that we need resistance to grow, and that overreliance on yes-driven systems weakens judgment.

You see, earlier generations never had machines that offered instant compliance and endless affirmations on tap, while today a single prompt delivers validation with the ease of a vending machine. A half-formed idea receives not a pause for thought or a stern correction, but instead gets a warm nod and a cascade of supportive reasoning from our AI assistants. And just like that, in the span of a few keystrokes, the quiet echo chambers we used to create in our own heads have been upgraded into something far more industrial—and far more dangerous.