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JustABozoOnThisBus

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20. Even before AI, I could feel myself "dumbing down" due to technology

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #8)

Sun Jun 8, 2025, 09:42 AM

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I no longer memorize phone numbers; they are simply added to the list in my smart phone.

I don't do "long division"; I have a calculator app for that.

I don't do my own taxes on a paper-spitting calculator; I use a tax program.

When I was still working as a programmer, I stopped much of my coding. Things went much faster if I googled objects/classes for the javacode I was producing. So much work is already done, and it's free.

I don't even think too much about voting. Just pick column "D"

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Welcome to Campus. Here's Your ChatGPT. [View all] highplainsdem Saturday OP

There would be no time to do the ordinary reading, thinking, studying, living of student life bucolic_frolic Saturday #1

I couldn't agree more! SheltieLover Saturday #2

This will destroy education - except for teaching students to use bots and become dependent on them. highplainsdem Saturday #4

Why would any school agree to this? SheltieLover Saturday #3

Part of it is FOMO - fear of missing out on using AI as fast as the AI companies say you have to highplainsdem Saturday #5

I've already personally heard from people that that've lost jobs to ai. SheltieLover Saturday #12

there's through the roof risk/reward on this cadoman Saturday #10

That's how Zuckerberg made his first million ... FakeNoose Saturday #6

The toothpaste isn't going back into the tube. Lucky Luciano Saturday #7

We're seeing a con job. They're peddling badly flawed tech. This is not progress. Or toothpaste. highplainsdem Saturday #8

Strongly disagree Lucky Luciano Saturday #9

What do you use those bots for? highplainsdem Saturday #11

Mostly to improve coding or get to the point on some mathematical concepts I want clarity on. Lucky Luciano Saturday #13

See reply 14, which I'd started writing before I got a phone call. I didn't see your reply here before I highplainsdem Saturday #16

Yes it can give incorrect results or partially correct results. Critical thinking is still required indeed. Lucky Luciano Saturday #17

Never mind. I found one of your earlier pro-AI posts. highplainsdem Saturday #14

Yup...Google does a decent job of using LLMs for this sort of thing. Lucky Luciano Saturday #15

Even before AI, I could feel myself "dumbing down" due to technology JustABozoOnThisBus Sunday #20

Regulate. Motherfucking. AI. Karasu Sunday #18

reading, writing, reasoning, critical thinking, social skills, memory, learning, creativity -- will become orleans Sunday #19