Does this also explain what happens with middle and upper management? As people have moved up the ranks during the course of their careers, I swear they get dumber.

The obvious AI-generated image and the generic name of the journal made me think that there was something off about this website/article and sure enough the writer of this article is on X claiming that covid 19 vaccines are not fit for humans and that there's a clear link between vaccines and autism.

Neat.

Microsoft reported the same findings earlier this year, spooky to see a more academic institution report the same results. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lee_2025_ai_critical_thinking_survey.pdf Abstract for those too lazy to click:

The rise of Generative AI (GenAI) in knowledge workflows raises questions about its impact on critical thinking skills and practices. We survey 319 knowledge workers to investigate 1) when and how they perceive the enaction of critical thinking when using GenAI, and 2) when and why GenAI affects their effort to do so. Participants shared 936 first-hand examples of using GenAI in work tasks. Quantitatively, when considering both task- and user-specific factors, a user’s task-specific self-confidence and confidence in GenAI are predictive of whether critical thinking is enacted and the effort of doing so in GenAI-assisted tasks. Specifically, higher confidence in GenAI is associated with less critical thinking, while higher self-confidence is associated with more critical thinking. Qualitatively, GenAI shifts the nature of critical thinking toward information verification, response integration, and task stewardship. Our insights reveal new design challenges and opportunities for developing GenAI tools for knowledge work.

I wonder what social media does.

No wonder Republicans like it so much

So if someone else writes your essays for you, you don’t learn anything?

But does it cause this when when used exclusively for RP gooning sessions?

You write essay with AI your learning suffers.

One of these papers that are basically "water is wet, researches discover".

Its so disturbing. Especially the bit about your brain activity not returning to normal afterwards. They are teaching the kids to use it in elementary schools.

cognitive decline.

Another reason for refusing those so-called tools... it could turn one into another tool.

Heyyy, now I get to enjoy some copium for being such a dinosaur and resisting to use it as often as I can

I just asked ChatGPT if this is true. It told me no and to increase my usage of AI. So HA!

Anyone who doubts this should ask their parents how many phone numbers they used to remember.

In a few years there'll be people who've forgotten how to have a conversation.