AI Use Appears to Have a “Boiling Frog” Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns
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AI Use Appears to Have a “Boiling Frog” Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns
"In a new study, researchers claim to provide the first causal evidence that leaning on AI to assist with “reasoning-intensive” cognitive labor — mental tasks ranging from writing to studying to coding to simply brainstorming new ideas — can rapidly impair users’ intellectual ability and willingness to persist despite difficulty."
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-boiling-frog-human-cognition-study
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AI Use Appears to Have a “Boiling Frog” Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns
"In a new study, researchers claim to provide the first causal evidence that leaning on AI to assist with “reasoning-intensive” cognitive labor — mental tasks ranging from writing to studying to coding to simply brainstorming new ideas — can rapidly impair users’ intellectual ability and willingness to persist despite difficulty."
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-boiling-frog-human-cognition-study
Had a discussion here yesterday which sounded reasonable, until it became clear that half the points the other person was making were just wrong, and realized they were getting it all from asking an LLM for responses.
Turned out they had no knowledge of the subject at all and were confidently arguing nonsense.
All this strange sounding falsity is now being exchanged everywhere, all the time. It's so sad. We are raising a generation of nitwits.
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Had a discussion here yesterday which sounded reasonable, until it became clear that half the points the other person was making were just wrong, and realized they were getting it all from asking an LLM for responses.
Turned out they had no knowledge of the subject at all and were confidently arguing nonsense.
All this strange sounding falsity is now being exchanged everywhere, all the time. It's so sad. We are raising a generation of nitwits.
Oh great. Now we start arguing with AI even if we don't use 'em, just because some morons like to pretend they're competent at everything, feel smug about being able to feed an AI or what? Bollocks!
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Oh great. Now we start arguing with AI even if we don't use 'em, just because some morons like to pretend they're competent at everything, feel smug about being able to feed an AI or what? Bollocks!
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AI Use Appears to Have a “Boiling Frog” Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns
"In a new study, researchers claim to provide the first causal evidence that leaning on AI to assist with “reasoning-intensive” cognitive labor — mental tasks ranging from writing to studying to coding to simply brainstorming new ideas — can rapidly impair users’ intellectual ability and willingness to persist despite difficulty."
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-boiling-frog-human-cognition-study
unused things atrophy. True for skills, processes, things.
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Had a discussion here yesterday which sounded reasonable, until it became clear that half the points the other person was making were just wrong, and realized they were getting it all from asking an LLM for responses.
Turned out they had no knowledge of the subject at all and were confidently arguing nonsense.
All this strange sounding falsity is now being exchanged everywhere, all the time. It's so sad. We are raising a generation of nitwits.
@mastodonmigration @metin so I am goin to talking to an AI,mwhen I am talking to a person. contaminated bei an AI.
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Either way. If I catch anyone, it's an instant block. What the... 🤯
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Either way. If I catch anyone, it's an instant block. What the... 🤯
Apparently it is very common on university campuses now. Things are moving fast.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-college-students-homogenized
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Apparently it is very common on university campuses now. Things are moving fast.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-college-students-homogenized
To their credit: They at least understood early on how it's not actually about learning anything but all about getting the paperwork and certificates that open up entry to vastly better paying jobs. Clever!

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To their credit: They at least understood early on how it's not actually about learning anything but all about getting the paperwork and certificates that open up entry to vastly better paying jobs. Clever!

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TODO:
Learn to maintain the current appliances. Later versions my simply not work or arrive broken by design.
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TODO:
Learn to maintain the current appliances. Later versions my simply not work or arrive broken by design.
Or just ticking time bombs insideously and unwittingly filled with slop both human and AI generated.
A favorite recent post...
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Or just ticking time bombs insideously and unwittingly filled with slop both human and AI generated.
A favorite recent post...
We shall talk about “artificial stupidity / insanity“ consistently from now on, refusing the implied sales pitch altogether.
Maybe using the correct attribution will fix it?

#AIslop -> #ArtificialStupidity / ArtificialInsanity / LazyLyingMachines
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We shall talk about “artificial stupidity / insanity“ consistently from now on, refusing the implied sales pitch altogether.
Maybe using the correct attribution will fix it?

#AIslop -> #ArtificialStupidity / ArtificialInsanity / LazyLyingMachines
@GNUmatic @mastodonmigration @metin
Stop hyping, name the danger. I have so many AI drunk colleagues and friends, that is what I am doing in conversations. I get hated but it’s worth it. -
Had a discussion here yesterday which sounded reasonable, until it became clear that half the points the other person was making were just wrong, and realized they were getting it all from asking an LLM for responses.
Turned out they had no knowledge of the subject at all and were confidently arguing nonsense.
All this strange sounding falsity is now being exchanged everywhere, all the time. It's so sad. We are raising a generation of nitwits.
@mastodonmigration Wow, a truly disturbing development.

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We shall talk about “artificial stupidity / insanity“ consistently from now on, refusing the implied sales pitch altogether.
Maybe using the correct attribution will fix it?

#AIslop -> #ArtificialStupidity / ArtificialInsanity / LazyLyingMachines
@GNUmatic @mastodonmigration Or Actual Incompetence.

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@GNUmatic @mastodonmigration Or Actual Incompetence.

We're slowly getting there! However we name it - let's just reject the implied sales pitches and simply call it what it actually is.

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@GNUmatic @mastodonmigration @metin
Stop hyping, name the danger. I have so many AI drunk colleagues and friends, that is what I am doing in conversations. I get hated but it’s worth it.@robertobottoni @GNUmatic @mastodonmigration I’ve recently added my thoughts about gen-AI to my homepage, here’s a screenshot of that part…
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unused things atrophy. True for skills, processes, things.
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@mastodonmigration Wow, a truly disturbing development.

Thanks for posting the article. We are going to look back on these early indicators of how damaging AI is to society and wish we had done more to protect ourselves.