What happens when humanity becomes so dependent on artificial intelligence that it forgets how to function without it? AI promises better education, greater productivity, and access to knowledge beyond anything previous generations could imagine. But what if the same technology that makes us smarter also makes us dependent? Imagine two generations growing up with AI handling their thinking, learning, decisions, and daily lives. Then imagine those systems suddenly becoming unavailable. Would we still know how to run our world? Or would we discover that we had surrendered more of our independence than we ever realised? This paper examines both sides of the argument, challenges the assumption that technological progress always makes us stronger, and asks a difficult question: are we building a future that expands human intelligence, or one that gradually replaces it?