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Can confirm. I've stopped using my brain at work. Moreso.
Well thank goodness that Microsoft isn't pushing AI on us as hard as it can, via every channel that it can.
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How many phone numbers do you know off of the top of your head?
In the 90s, my mother could rattle off 20 or more.
But they're all in her phone now. Are luddites going to start abandoning phones because they're losing the ability to remember phone numbers? No, of course not.
Either way, these fancy prediction engines have better critical thinking skills than most of the flesh and bone people I meet every day to begin with. The world might actually be smarter on average if they didn't open their mouths.
Mostly just this one:
0118 999 881 999 119 725 3
But even back when we only had land lines, I could barely remember my own phone number. I didn't think it's a good measure.
Memorization is not the same thing as critical thinking.
A well designed test will freely give you an equation sheet or even allow a cheat sheet.
You're right it's not the same thing as critical thinking, but it is a skill we've lost. How many skills have we lost throughout history due to machines and manufacturing?
This is the same tale over and over again - these people weren't using critical thinking to begin with if they were trusting a prediction engine with their tasks.
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Sounds a bit bogus to call this a causation. Much more likely that people who are more gullible in general also believe AI whatever it says.
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Good. Maybe the dumbest people will forget how to breathe, and global society can move forward.
Oh you can guarantee they won't forget how to vote 😃
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