“If smartphone use is any indication, there is cause for worry. Nicolas Carr wrote in The Wall Street Journal about research suggesting our intellect weakens as our brain grows dependent on phone technology. Likely the same could be said for any information technology where content flows our way without us having to work to learn or discover on our own. If that’s true, then AI applications, which increasingly present content tailored to our specific interests, could create a self-reinforcing syndrome that not only locks us into our information bubbles through algorithmic editing, but also weakens our ability to engage in critical thought by spoon-feeding us what we already believe.”
AI is turning us into de facto cyborgs
https://venturebeat.com/2021/05/08/ai-is-turning-us-into-de-facto-cyborgs/
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AI is turning us into de facto cyborgs
https://venturebeat.com/2021/05/08/ai-is-turning-us-into-de-facto-cyborgs/
via Instapaper