A design perspective on a recent Nature Communications article, and what it changes about how I think about AI tools in my daily practice. TL;DR. In May 2025, philosopher Andy Clark published "Extending Minds with Generative AI" in Nature Communications. His core argument: the fear that AI is making us dumber comes from a flawed self-image, not from the tools themselves. For product designers working with AI tools every day, this reframes the question from "will AI replace us