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		Brian_K_White 65 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leadi... Wishful, self-serving, and beside the point. The primary argument here is not about the capability of the ai. I think the same effect has been around forever in the form of every boss/manager/ceo/rando-divorcee-or-child-with-money using employees to do their thinking as a current information-handling worker or student using an ai to do their thinking.

vonneumannstan 65 days ago [–]

>Wishful, self-serving, and beside the point. The primary argument here is not about the capability of the ai.

"Alternatively they're just learning/building intuition for something else."

Reading comprehension is hard.

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