It is a Sunday and as usual I feel I must say a few things about this subject or that....and this week it is a subject that seems to be making news daily, AI and what it could be doing to our brains.
AI is being used by many people to write their blog posts or their latest novel or paint a picture for them....I have written many times that I do not use it that I had rather do my own research and writing.....but for those that think it is easier and the 'bee's knees' more power to them.
Atrophy:
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noun
a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
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noun
any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
Now for the reason for the definition....
Just like smartphone GPS has harmed our sense of spatial cognition and memory, artificial intelligence may soon impair our ability to make decisions for ourselves — an outcome that would be, one expert warns, "catastrophic."
In an interview with PsyPost, neuropsychology expert Umberto León Domínguez of the University of Monterrey in Mexico said that his new research shows that AI chatbots may end up not just mimicking our speech patterns, but significantly harming our cognitive functioning in general.
Like many other educators, Domínguez said he's concerned about how his students are using tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT. Spurred by those concerns, he told PsyPost, he began to explore ways AI chatbots "could interfere with higher-order executive functions to understand how to also train these skills."
"I began to explore and generalize the impact," the researcher said, "not only as a student but as humanity, of the catastrophic effects these technologies could have on a significant portion of the population by blocking the development of these cognitive functions."
Instead of being a helpful addition to human consciousness, the Mexican researcher argued in his paper that he's worried about "cognitive offloading," or the use of AI in place of the types of mental tasks like problem-solving that we currently do the old-fashioned way, by thinking. To use a physical metaphor, over-reliance on AI for thought processes may weaken our minds the way not exercising weakens our muscles — leading, ultimately, to atrophy.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-atrophying-brain
I agree with his findings....although I am not a neuro professional I do have an opinion and that is what separates me from AI.
Just so you know.
I Read, I Write, You Know
"lego ergo scribo"
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