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A new paper from researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University finds that as humans increasingly rely on generative AI in their work, they use less critical thinking, which can “result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved.”

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404 Media · Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.
Mackaj

@GossiTheDog

For now, people raised with critical thinking skills can look at AI output, vet and judge it. Future generations might lose that skill entirely.