gizmodo.com
It is easier to tailor AI to fit your biases than a standard search engine query. There are lots of people for whom thinking is hard work, and is to be avoided in its entirety. In this light, it is easy to see how AI can be more detrimental to thought than a simple search query.‘Cognitive Surrender’ Is a New and Useful Term for How AI Melts Brains
Once you learn this term, you will unfortunately see it everywhere.
bUt ItS No DiFfErEnT ThAn UsInG GoOgLe, they told me
And I think AI actually gives you ANSWERS, right or wrong... if you google stuff you rarely find "the answer" you have to do some reading and some thinking unless you're just searching for basic factual information. The AI actually finds an answer for you, it's definitely a more passive experience.
I don't read or give credence to studies with headlines like this. "Doing X reduces/increases risk of Y by Z% study says!". Horseshit. I don't care what their methodology was. There's zero chance it was comprehensive enough to solidly and accurately draw these causal conclusions. All studies that produce headlines like this are either bullshit or the headline itself was just made up and the study doesn't say that at all.
Just need to make sure it doesn't melt humans...pretty amazing.
