"When we repeatedly retrieve information, our brains form durable memory schemata and neural manifolds. These structures are indispensable for intuitive reasoning, error-checking and smooth skill execution. But if we default to “just Google it,” those processes so fundamental for innovation and critical thinking may never fully develop, particularly in the smartphone generation."

How AI is eroding human memory and critical thinking

AI reliance erodes memory and critical thinking. Cognitive science shows how to strengthen learning with practice and recall.

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@gerrymcgovern I can’t help but think that these are among the “problems” AI (in its LLM form at least) is aimed to “solve”: human memory and critical thinking.

@cbzo Indeed. Working in tech for 30 years, one of the first things I learned was that in most IT projects, humans are seen as the problem to solve. The underlying philosophy of tech is to replace problematic humans. AI is a natural progression of that thinking.