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patphil

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3. That's been one of my major concerns with AI.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2025, 11:08 AM

Jun 8

The more you rely on AI to do your critical thinking, the less you will actually know.
At some point, whatever AI tells you will become accepted as the truth, regardless of whether or not it actually is.
Intellectual curiosity will take a big hit as more and more people decide not to do their own research on a subject...let AI do the "hard" work so you can skip right to the result.
Is this how Idiocracy begins?

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We're offloading mental tasks to AI. It could be making us stupid [View all] marmar Jun 8 OP

No understand. Me have friend Alice. She like DU. chouchou Jun 8 #1

Yes, it's easier. But you are dumbing yourself down, even using AI for email like that. It might take you highplainsdem Jun 8 #2

You're probably correct. I'd like to come up with a good excuse but, unfortunately...I can't think of one. chouchou Jun 8 #7

maybe AI will give you one Skittles Jun 8 #8

I'm not sure of all those idioms in this modern world. I mean, I ask AI to help me out. chouchou Jun 8 #9

That's been one of my major concerns with AI. patphil Jun 8 #3

I read the John Warner piece the article mentions when it was published. And I first read about AI use highplainsdem Jun 8 #4

I have found AI to be very useful and time efficient... anciano Jun 8 #5

Those tools are completely unethical to use because they were illegally trained on stolen intellectual highplainsdem Jun 8 #6

As far as I know Arizona78 Jun 9 #10

This goes hand-in-hand with "I'm doing doing my own research" FakeNoose Jun 9 #11

I'm not sure I agree 100%. Aristus Jun 9 #12