It may be one factor. Cell phones especially in school are probably creating too many hormone disruptions, distractions and effective IQ drop. Most foods are toxic, extremely low quality and designed to cause addictions. The air in many places is toxic. Plastics everywhere. Polyfluoroalkyl substances are everywhere. People are on a lot of off-label prescriptions and we still don't fully understand what some of them do to a fetus. Unsocial media and politics is everywhere making us the most divided we have ever been. Too many three letter agencies taking bribes, some being government sanctioned at multiple levels. Global weather changes may be impacting people indirectly. Birth rates are dropping, sperm counts are dropping. I could probably go on listing more crap for a while but I still don't know what the character limit is but I can't blame all of that on AI.
AI will probably screw us up much like the way social media algorithms screwed us up, but exponentially greater once it reaches critical mass as it mimics human behavior and hacks our brains [1] in ways social media algorithms could not.
People are getting dumber for sure. They now expect an instant answer for everything. People no longer understand how systems are built or why they were built. Even worse, they don't even want to know because they never bother to look it up.
I too, long for the days of 5 years ago when people understood how systems were built. What a peachy time that was. People were so knowledgeable, curious, and engaged with the systems that defined their lives. I am glad you reminded me about those happier, erudite days, as I was almost struggling to believe that such a time ever existed.
Is AI dumbing us down?
It may be one factor. Cell phones especially in school are probably creating too many hormone disruptions, distractions and effective IQ drop. Most foods are toxic, extremely low quality and designed to cause addictions. The air in many places is toxic. Plastics everywhere. Polyfluoroalkyl substances are everywhere. People are on a lot of off-label prescriptions and we still don't fully understand what some of them do to a fetus. Unsocial media and politics is everywhere making us the most divided we have ever been. Too many three letter agencies taking bribes, some being government sanctioned at multiple levels. Global weather changes may be impacting people indirectly. Birth rates are dropping, sperm counts are dropping. I could probably go on listing more crap for a while but I still don't know what the character limit is but I can't blame all of that on AI.
AI will probably screw us up much like the way social media algorithms screwed us up, but exponentially greater once it reaches critical mass as it mimics human behavior and hacks our brains [1] in ways social media algorithms could not.
The great filter is just ahead. [2]
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi_effect
[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter
People are getting dumber for sure. They now expect an instant answer for everything. People no longer understand how systems are built or why they were built. Even worse, they don't even want to know because they never bother to look it up.
I too, long for the days of 5 years ago when people understood how systems were built. What a peachy time that was. People were so knowledgeable, curious, and engaged with the systems that defined their lives. I am glad you reminded me about those happier, erudite days, as I was almost struggling to believe that such a time ever existed.