Addiction is absolutely part of the AI strategy for Google. And it's bad for people independent of the actual thing, doesn't matter if its cigarettes, porn, or AI.
replyCardio?
replyA tool that has the sole purpose of offloading cognitive functions is definitely not an education technology, greatest or not.
reply- Sincerely, one of those educators who are seeing first hand the effects of this plague.
It can go both ways. It can be really helpful for people who want to learn concepts, similar to having a private tutor (but free/cheap, and available 100% of the time). But it's also easy to use it to skip the learning process completely, and just get quick answers for homework.
replyAs an adult, wanting to understand concepts for my own benefit, I've found it really useful as a learning tool. As a teenager, I probably would have been irresponsible with it and sabotaged myself.
All computation offloads cognitive functions. That's what they are for. You could also read a bunch of index cards and decide for yourself which results to shortlist when doing research, instead of using a search engine.
reply>A tool that has the sole purpose of offloading cognitive functions
replyThis is a blatant strawman.
Teaching kids AI Slop is the how you create a zombie society.
replyWhen the power goes out they are fucking lost.
Education needs to focus on the 3 R's.
College Exams show kids are getting dumber. Please stop it now.
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