Is AI impairing our critical thinking?
Monday, February 10, 2025
Emanuel Maiberg on 404media.co:
Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.
This is very important conclusion. And no - this doesn’t mean that the use of artificial intelligence should be discontinued.
This makes us we should put even more effort into other activities that sharpen critical thinking.
It won’t be easy or widespread, because people like convenient and quick solutions that have an immediate effect (like the results presented by AI).
So whoever doesn’t get carried away by this wave and decides to work on himself as well - will win this race, because technology is not everything.
If other research confirms this thesis, in this case, AI may influence on the human mindset the same like for example a GPS system, which - like I heard - probably cause weakness of spatial orientation skills.
We need much more research that analyzes how technology interacts with our brains.