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Calculator Debate Redux: Does AI Erode Core Skills?
June 5, 2026
An opinion piece draws parallels between 1980s calculator anxiety and current AI-assisted coding and writing debates, citing Asimov's 1956 depiction of inscrutable self-correcting machines. The central argument is that skill atrophy fears are historically recurring but the stakes may differ when the tool can reason autonomously.