I agree on the over-reliance part, but I don’t think it’s AI itself .It’s how people choose to use it.
Most people are outsourcing thinking instead of using it to go deeper. The tools aren’t the problem, the default behavior is.
Most people are outsourcing thinking instead of using it to go deeper. The tools aren’t the problem, the default behavior is.
I have a friend who uses Google Maps to find places, then memorizes the route there and closes the app to navigate because he wants to build a better mental map of our city. Meanwhile, I just check the app every five seconds like a dummy, and my hippocampus stays small.
Really all the research telling us about AI skills atrophy.. We should have guessed from previous experience.
But I’ve never seen anyone follow a GPS so religiously into so many obvious dead ends than elderly Uber drivers.