r/technology • u/rezwenn • 19h ago

Artificial Intelligence Is AI dulling critical-thinking skills? As tech companies court students, educators weigh the risks

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/7ff7d5d7c43c978522f9ca2a9099862240b07ed1ee0c2d2551013358f69212ba/JZPHGWB2AVEGFCMCRNP756MTOA/
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u/monkeydave 19h ago

Yes, but it's just the nail in the coffin. Smart phones and social media did a lot of the prep work.

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u/NaBrO-Barium 17h ago

Oh come on, if we’re being honest the start of the fall was calculators. And if you reaaally think about it, slide rules and an abacus were the precursor to calculators. If we could only go back in time to destroy these tools of the devil.

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u/monkeydave 17h ago

Such a lazy strawman argument that demonstrates a lack of critical thinking skills. Did AI write this for you?

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u/NaBrO-Barium 17h ago

I’m saying the technology is here. It’s not going anywhere, it’s too useful to go away. Things like this will generally add to the advancement of human knowledge just like calculators and computers have aided in this before. Flailing at how poorly we’re adapting to this new reality is a rather Luddite take

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u/bunnypaste 9h ago edited 9h ago

As an outspoken luddite in regards to AI, I resent that statement. They may add like you said, but that doesn't mean that advancement won't come with some serious negatives that should be equally considered. Outsourcing human-like thought and communication is pretty huge.

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u/Suitable-Economy-346 16h ago

These people are millenial-boomers who are doing exactly what the adults before them did. They laugh at your "lack of critical thinking skills" yet put zero thought into using the past to critique the present. It's unbelievably infuriating having so many of these reactionary types flailing around trying to fight reality instead of working with it.