Higher AI tool usage was associated with reduced critical thinking, defined as “the ability to analyse, evaluate, and synthesise information to make reasoned decisions”. This was at least partly because people who used AI tools more frequently engaged in what is known as “cognitive offloading”.
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Australian Financial Review
Will AI make you dumber?
It’s a question that some HR bosses are pondering, albeit in less dramatic terms. And an academic paper might hold some answers.
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AI tools may be weakening quality of published research 📉, with a surge in papers that look scientific but don’t hold up under scrutiny 🔍. Easily accessible datasets via APIs 📊 and large language models may have led to many post-2021 papers use a superficial and oversimplified approach to analysis 📄.
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