[ExI] Humans are ceasing thinking and just using AI instead

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Don't outsource your thinking to AI tools.
Leticia Mooney   Published Nov 30, 2024

If you outsource your thinking to AI tools, you are doing yourself and
society an immense disservice.

<https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dont-outsource-your-thinking-ai-tools-leticia-mooney-8nifc>
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Using an AI tool to outsource your thinking has a more destructive
effect because you stop doing the 'hard work' of thinking, of
deciding, of assessing information critically. When a computer will do
it for you, it leads to a degradation of your capacity to think.
There are already a significant number of people calling out this risk.

Evidence is already surfacing that it is already problematic in some
professional areas. In one study an accounting firm relied too much on
its AI tools, which resulted in an erosion of skill. Not only did the
accountants lose the capacity to perform a task, but that skill
erosion negatively impacted their clientele.

Given the AI train has already left the station, and we will simply
have to sink or swim - much like we did with smartphones and the
resulting addiction - your task now is to increase your AI literacy.
Retaining your cognitive capacity is not just good for you. It's good
for society. It means that you can teach your children how to think,
and they will be better at life as a result - and more capable in the
real world.
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Just like smartphones have addicted so many people, as AI improves it
is causing people to take the easy path and let AI do more and more
of their thinking.
This will only get worse as AI continues to improve and people
hesitate to contradict AI statements.
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(Note: Bonus points will be awarded if you use AI to reply to this post).   :)