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Microsoft Study Finds Relying on AI Kills Your Critical Thinking Skills (gizmodo.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Imagine life is like an essay answer type exam.

Having access to search is like the exam being open-book. The exact answers aren't in the textbook, but you don't have to memorize every detail. You still need enough knowledge and critical thinking skills to answer the unique questions based on the data available to you.

Having access to an LLM is like your friend giving you the list of questions on the exam and their answers, or at least the answers they think are right. You just dutifully copy in the essay style answers and don't need to know anything whatsoever. Maybe the answers you copied in are right, maybe they're not.