“Wharton School researchers have dubbed this phenomenon ‘cognitive surrender,’ in which users shift from treating AI as a tool to treating it as an authority, accepting its answers rather than actively evaluating them.”
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I do love that AI inadvertently confirms that our brains work like a muscle, too — use it or lose it. In this way relying on AI is like using a robot to lift weights, like running a marathon in a Honda Civic. You get nothing out of it.
Relying on AI for decision-making could lead to "cognitive surrender," a weakening of critical thinking that makes people distrust their own judgment.
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Research confirms that the more skilled professionals like doctors and software engineers rely on AI, the more their skills degrade.
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Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.
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I, in fact, think it should come with an automatic prison sentence and seizure of any pensions or assets to be given to a anti-policy violence advocacy group of some kind.
But I'm a crazy radical who just thinks people with significant power should get harsher penalties when they abuse that power.
If the worst thing that happens is you gave it an honest try and learned a thing or two about the book and yourself, I call that a victory.
