If a study comes out which demonstrates to high confidence that some extremely horrible outcome is certain with this technology, would any changes be made? Would we tell OpenAI to close shop? I don't think, with the way our society and politics is set up, we would be able to deal with this. There's too much money, ego, and general inertia at play to change course.
The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking [pdf]
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#12People are worried AI is making us dumber. You hear it all the time. GPS wrecked our sense of direction. Spellcheck killed spelling. Now it’s AI’s turn to supposedly rot our brains. It’s the same old story. New tool comes along, people freak out about what we’re “losing.” But they’re missing the point. It’s never about losing skills, it’s about shifting them. And usually, the shift is upwards. Take GPS. Yeah, okay, m…
Knowing which direction you are facing is an obsolete skill?
I don’t think you’ve been paying attention.
You’ve been watching too many Ted talks or something
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#13i’m surprised they published this with how much they are invested in ai…
Why? It wouldn’t surprise me at all if critical thinking is overapplied in most roles or poorly executed.
There are many use cases where people not following a process and thinking they know better is an issue.
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#14i’m surprised they published this with how much they are invested in ai…
Why? It wouldn’t surprise me at all if critical thinking is overapplied in most roles or poorly executed. There are many use cases where people not following a process and thinking they know better is an issue.
The critical thinking part of me loves seeing takes like this, which immediately rev it up and get it to wonder whether its immediate reaction is really correct. Thank you.
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#15People are worried AI is making us dumber. You hear it all the time. GPS wrecked our sense of direction. Spellcheck killed spelling. Now it’s AI’s turn to supposedly rot our brains. It’s the same old story. New tool comes along, people freak out about what we’re “losing.” But they’re missing the point. It’s never about losing skills, it’s about shifting them. And usually, the shift is upwards. Take GPS. Yeah, okay, m…
> It’s the same old story. New tool comes along, people freak out about what we’re “losing.” But they’re missing the point. It’s never about losing skills, it’s about shifting them. And usually, the shift is upwards.
Except for that widespread feeling of hopelessness, alienation, powerlessness, lack of motivation, and lack of ambition. Almost as if not learning any human skills, and relying solely on technology for everything might have some second-order effects.
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#16If a study comes out which demonstrates to high confidence that some extremely horrible outcome is certain with this technology, would any changes be made? Would we tell OpenAI to close shop? I don't think, with the way our society and politics is set up, we would be able to deal with this. There's too much money, ego, and general inertia at play to change course.
I mean, that question is really a question for yourself. You cannot control others, so assume others will do whatever is quickest, easiest and/or least resistance, outcomes be damned.
Of course nothing would immediately do a 180, but if there would be research put out that your brain slowly stops working to more you use LLMs, then you can at least make your own choice from there on out.
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#17i’m surprised they published this with how much they are invested in ai…
Why? It wouldn’t surprise me at all if critical thinking is overapplied in most roles or poorly executed. There are many use cases where people not following a process and thinking they know better is an issue.
These sound like ideal roles for bots/automation
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#18Review code or waste time thinking and coding? I guess that's the question.
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#19If a study comes out which demonstrates to high confidence that some extremely horrible outcome is certain with this technology, would any changes be made? Would we tell OpenAI to close shop? I don't think, with the way our society and politics is set up, we would be able to deal with this. There's too much money, ego, and general inertia at play to change course.
Climate change is already a pretty good precedent on this
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#20As I expected. When I got a cell phone I forgot everyone's phone numbers, and I'm afraid if I use AI I'll forget how to think.
It probably also depends on whether you trust the AI. I don't, at all. So, I'm often critically thinking about whatever nonsense it spews out.
"You are not immune to Brain Rot"