Today, people have very different opinions about artificial intelligence; Some people hate it for trying to take over their jobs, but others praise it for how it helps them do their jobs.
Whatever you think about the technology, the results of several studies cited by Forbes suggest that the use of artificial intelligence is harmful to our cognitive skills.
“High school students in Turkey who had access to ChatGPT while doing math problems performed lower on a test than other students,” the University of Pennsylvania researchers report in Generative AI Can Can Harm Learning.
The problem, the authors think, is that students only want answers from chatbots: “Students didn’t want the skills that come from solving problems.”
Additionally, according to Forbes, education experts believe that students are being taught to accept AI-generated answers without fully understanding the underlying processes or concepts. They worry that future generations may lack the capacity to engage in deeper thought exercises, relying on algorithms rather than their analytical skills.
The National Institutes of Health warns that overuse of artificial intelligence can stifle human innovation. When people turn to artificial intelligence for everyday tasks, they may miss opportunities to practice and refine their cognitive abilities, the institute says.
In addition, reliance on artificial intelligence raises concerns about “erosion of human judgment.”
In sectors such as finance and healthcare, AI systems are increasingly being used to recommend investment strategies or medical diagnoses. The risk of incorrect outputs or dangerous guides remains a concern, as bugs can appear in even the most sophisticated LLMs.
Forbes concludes that our collective goal should be “to create spaces where human intelligence remains at the center”; So AI needs to share insights and not just deliver outputs.
Math is a means to an end, all those calculations lead to a greater goal than putting numbers together. Asking ChatGPT instead of thinking or doing research is definitely not good for the mind, but is it really the end of our intelligence?
The Internet has opened the doors to a whole new world of possibilities, allowing us to learn about all sorts of things quickly instead of spending hours in the library, which was once a cause for concern and disdain.
It can be said, it is our methods that evolve, not the final goal, and this is not as scary as it seems to some, and solving mathematical problems with artificial intelligence instead of using the mind cannot lead to the decline of humanity.
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