Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking?

Millions of students arriving at campuses are now using artificial intelligence. Worries abound.

ngcbassman 21 points 10 months ago

Answering your question, there are already studies that are saying that AI has negative effects in the students, they are not getting smarter.

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echodot 2 points 10 months ago

The place where I work has recently introduced to AI but I'd be amazed if the staff could become more stupid. They already don't know what an ampersand is, so I can't imagine the bar can get any lower, it's already a tripping hazard.

When they redid the web blockers a couple of days ago it accidentally blocked corporate co-pilot which is the only AI they're authorised to use (as if it'll make any difference at all to data protection), the amount of whining I got about it was unbelievable. Why can't they just go back to doing their job the way that they presumably were doing it before AI?

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Sxan 0 points 10 months ago

I've seen several studies which say using AI makes you more stupid. Þese are þe ones I could find quickly in my bookmarks, but it's not a comprehensive list:

MIT study

The Lancet

Bonus link (not about making users more stupid, but related).

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