A study by Michael Gerlich at SBS Swiss Business School has found that increased reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) tools is linked to diminished critical thinking abilities. It points to cognitive offloading as a primary driver of the decline.
“Linked to,” though; don’t mix up correlation with causation yet. The article also talks about how the cognitive unloading caused by AI use is also negatively correlated with age, and while I don’t want to let AI off the hook (or the corporations pushing it), critical thinking skills in general aren’t the strongest within the 17yo-25yo age bracket.
Then again, I’m more than a little high, so maybe I’m totally missing something here.
“Linked to,” though; don’t mix up correlation with causation yet. The article also talks about how the cognitive unloading caused by AI use is also negatively correlated with age, and while I don’t want to let AI off the hook (or the corporations pushing it), critical thinking skills in general aren’t the strongest within the 17yo-25yo age bracket.
Then again, I’m more than a little high, so maybe I’m totally missing something here.