Listen "AI Is Breaking Our Brains"
Episode Synopsis
This week we discuss a new Microsoft study that finds using generative AI is "atrophying" people's cognition and critical thinking skills and the right's war on Wikipedia.
Articles discussed:
Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
Wikipedia Prepares for 'Increase in Threats' to US Editors From Musk and His Allies
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
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Articles discussed:
Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
Wikipedia Prepares for 'Increase in Threats' to US Editors From Musk and His Allies
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
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