Increasingly, artificial intelligence technology like Siri is become more prevalent in our world today. In many instances, it’s very helpful and convenient to have a “personal assistant” ready to answer your every question at any time. But when does artificial intelligence become too much? That’s a line that hasn’t really been defined yet.

Before Siri, Google, and other related technologies, to find an answer to a question, one must take time to search for the answer, and along the way learning new skills and information. There’s an intimate thought process that takes place when an answer has to be found without technology’s help, and that thought process is lost when technology like Google and Siri is used.

Today, in schools across the world, standards are being dummied-down because of the wealth of information available freely on the internet at our fingertips. Advanced problem solving skills aren’t being taught as much in schools anymore. But what happens when the internet suddenly ‘goes out’ for a day and we have to rely on ourselves to solve problems and answer questions?

Think of camping. No service or internet access. You seem to be able to solve every problem and answer every question you come across without the help of technology. It may take a little longer, but you feel as if you’ve accomplished something at the end, and during the entire process you learned additional skills and information.

Technology can be beneficial in many ways, but in some cases it will stunt abstract and creative thinking. It will prevent us from having the ability to solve problems on our own. Plain and simple, that isn’t good.