Is artificial intelligence making us well, less intelligent?
A study of college students in Asia reported increasing the use of AI will reduce human thinking capacity will increasing laziness and the inability to handle stress. Although the study was published in Nature magazine in 2023, it is even more relevant today as AI embeds itself into human society. Some highlights of the study are:
Primary data was collected from 285 students from different universities in Pakistan and China. The purposive Sampling technique was used to draw the sample from the population. The data analysis findings show that AI significantly impacts the loss of human decision-making and makes humans lazy. It also impacts security and privacy. The findings show that 68.9% of laziness in humans, 68.6% in personal privacy and security issues, and 27.7% in the loss of decision-making are due to the impact of artificial intelligence in Pakistani and Chinese society. From this, it was observed that human laziness is the most affected area due to AI. However, this study argues that significant preventive measures are necessary before implementing AI technology in education. Accepting AI without addressing the major human concerns would be like summoning the devils.
When the usage and dependency of AI are increased, this will automatically limit the human brain’s thinking capacity. This, as a result, rapidly decreases the thinking capacity of humans. This removes intelligence capacities from humans and makes them more artificial. In addition, so much interaction with technology has pushed us to think like algorithms without understanding (Sarwat, 2018). Another issue is the human dependency on AI technology in almost every walk of life. Undoubtedly, it has improved living standards and made life easier, but it has impacted human life miserably and made humans impatient and lazy (Krakauer, 2016). It will slowly and gradually starve the human brain of thoughtfulness and mental efforts as it gets deep into each activity, like planning and organizing. High-level reliance on AI may degrade professional skills and generate stress when physical or brain measures are needed... AI is minimizing our autonomous role, replacing our choices with its choices, and making us lazy in various walks of life (Danaher, 2018). It is argued that AI undermines human autonomy and responsibilities, leading to a knock-out effect on happiness and fulfilment... study.
One might almost think the brain is similar to muscle in one respect: if you don't use it, you lose it.
The study is posted below for those interested in reading further on the subject.
21 comments:
Garbage in, garbage out.
Except generative AI manufactures it's own 'garbage', it's just labeled as hallucinations rather than 'garbage'.
You have to have subject matter expertise to ask AI the right questions, and use your subject matter expertise to screen out the garbage results AI produces.
Let some of the garbage thorough and you can end up like the lawyers who have gotten caught submitting AI generated filings complete with the citations from the non existent case law the AI generated.
Relying on machines to think for us must be the laziest thing ever.
It's a conspiracy. Destroy the Department of Education, defund public schools, and then direct everyone to Musk's AI for research and answers to everything. What could possibly go wrong?
I seriously doubt that anything could make Mississippians dumber and lazier! We have already retired the trophy.
Articles I've seen in an optical trade publication I get seem AI written. The long time editor recently retired and the crowd that's taken over have no depth in their commentary.
The purpose of AI is in fact - to dumb everyone down further than they already are. Diminishing the actual physical population is a stated goal of the World Economic Forum, Bill Gates, and others. If people don't wake up and connect the dots, they'll be the ones duped into voting for their own suicide/murder.
You still do your taxes by hand using the paper forms don't you?
That's kinda like asking how much less blood will you get out of a turnip.
At least Zuck and Elon are redpilled now so their AI should give more ‘based and redpilled’ responses than ChatGPT.
DeepSeek gives you straight up black pilled answers and will tell you exactly who is responsible for the downfall of the West. It will even name the families if you ask.
Many, many, many of us were already less intelligent. Evidence is looking at who we are electing.
@ "You still do your taxes by hand using the paper forms don't you?"
Well, that requires a level of intelligence doesn't it?
I certainly do, though I sometimes use fillable forms which I then print out. How else would one know if it's right? I'm not about to sign that form testifying to numbers that I don't know how they were derived. I show my work and keep those calculations. I highlight the rules that say how to do what I did and keep that too. I only trust my calculator, but triple check everything. The biggest challenge is getting IRS and the state to send me instructions and forms.
Wait are we supposed to believe studies now or not?
Wish we had a "like" button
Of course Artificial Intelligence will replace human intelligence wherever it is profitable. That is part of our free market system. Most of our higher brain functions will be unnecessary having been improved upon and replaced by AI so there will be no demand for new human intelligence. It's already happening. Just follow the money. Ask Mr. Musk?
@7:37 AM, I asked Grok 2 today about DeepSeek. It cautioned me about censorship and bias there. I asked Grok 2 whether X also censors. Grok 2 responded that yes, X does censor, but it is a nuanced censorship. I felt so reassured.
I know a lot of people with artificial intelligence
A lot of anti-Musk comments on here. I have a feeling if he was helping Democrats you guys would be singing a different tune.
3:02, So it's all about "whose side are you on," huh?
This may come as a surprise, but not everybody thinks that way. We aren't all at war with each other.
The 2 major uses of AI thus far: 1) "creative content" for collage and some high school students; 2) lonely men looking for a female-voiced companion.
This follows the same path as the internet, although porn is still the number one use of the internet.
Purpose #1 of the internet was always the combination of: hooking up, porn, chit talking; and talking about how to best do all these things.
@2:04 ... I spit my coffee. thank you for that.
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