AI makes us worse at thinking for ourselves

[Papusan]

AI makes us worse at thinking for ourselves

 

Several new studies indicate that frequent use of AI tools like ChatGPT can impair our cognitive abilities.

 

@Mr. Fox As you can see.... AI make us more stupid. And modern people will be feeded with uncorrect info. So double up... You became more stupid and the stupidity make it so you don't see what's wrong with uncorrect info you beeing feeded with. Isn't that stupid? 

[Mr. Fox]

GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out). AI makes us all dumb because the need for being smart is eliminated. AI is programmed by someone. AI harvests data. Data is often flawed. AI grabs the data, aggregates it and organizes it in the way it is programmed to organize and categorize things. We never question it, or the validity of the data. It is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Zombies are not real, but people that act like zombies are real. And they are legion.

[Papusan]

 

And theidiots will use all your data privacy to make you even dumber. How dumb is it to say nope?🤔 

 

Google Gemini AI will connect to all your data (Gmail, photos, or YouTube history) to offer you "more helpful answers."

[MyPC8MyBrain]

the erosion of our brains started long time ago when PDA's and Smartphone first arrived on the scenes over 2 decades ago.

[Papusan]

On 1/16/2026 at 3:09 PM, MyPC8MyBrain said:

the erosion of our brains started long time ago when PDA's and Smartphone first arrived on the scenes over 2 decades ago.

 

You can still be dumber. in a speed you  never thought was possible before. @Mr. Fox

 

 

[Mr. Fox]

59 minutes ago, Papusan said:

You can still be dumber. in a speed you  never thought was possible before. @Mr. Fox

When a person relies on or invests too much trust in technology rather than leveraging and utilizing it is where the problems start. Technology is an assistive tool, not a substitute for the ability to think and make good choices. Technology can only process information. GIGO... garbage in, garbage out. The "leaders" of technology are hoping we lose sight of that and allow ignorance, apathy, laziness and complacency to replace prudence. What makes it particular dangerous is that all of those attributes are so common.

[MyPC8MyBrain]

28 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

When a person relies on or invests too much trust in technology rather than leveraging and utilizing it is where the problems start.

I think the issue is deeper than AI specifically.

When you enter a building, do you take the stairs or the elevator by default?
When you travel somewhere unfamiliar, do you use a paper map or Google Maps?
When you need to remember a phone number or an address, do you commit it to memory or store it on your phone?

No matter how we frame it, our cognitive and physical habits have been eroding for decades. It happens gradually and mostly without us noticing.

I grew up in a time when elevators were rare. You took the stairs because there was no alternative. When you needed a phone number or an address, you used the yellow pages or asked around. Your brain was the address book. I carried hundreds of numbers and locations in my head and could recall them instantly.

Navigation worked the same way. You learned your surroundings by observing them. You placed mental markers along the way. Physical maps mattered. An atlas was a normal household item. Many kids today have never even seen one.

AI is not the beginning of this shift. It is just the latest step in a long process where convenience replaces effort and external tools quietly take over functions we used to exercise ourselves.

The problem is not using technology. The problem is forgetting what we give up when we stop exercising those abilities altogether.