AIagent.at 🤖 AI NewsFeb 25
A #Pew Research Centre survey of U.S. #teens aged 13 to 17 reveals that over half use #AI #chatbots, primarily for information seeking and schoolwork help. While some teens use chatbots for casual conversations and emotional support, most do not. The survey also explores teens’ views on AI’s impact on their lives and society, revealing a generally #positiveoutlook but also concerns about #overreliance and #jobdisplacement. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/02/24/how-teens-use-and-view-ai/?AIagents.at #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI
How Teens Use and View AI

Just over half of U.S. teens say they've used chatbots for help with schoolwork, and 12% say they’ve gotten emotional support from these tools. Teens tend to view AI's future impact on their lives more positively than negatively.

Pew Research Center
Lowyat.NETApr 20, 2025

The Follies Of Blind Faith In AI Image Generation #ai #artificalintelligence #blunder #editorial #features #follies #generativeai #imagegeneration #overreliance

https://www.lowyat.net/2025/348713/the-follies-of-blind-faith-in-ai-image-generation/

The Follies Of Blind Faith In AI Image Generation

Despite disclaimers and warnings, everyone from regular users to celebrities, and companies continue to put too much faith in generative AI.

Lowyat.NET
Knowledge ZoneApr 19, 2025

Why are #Ears So Strange Looking? : Medium

What a #Microscopic #Creature Taught Me About #Parenting : Atlantic

Why an #Overreliance on #AI-driven #Modelling is bad for #Science : Nature

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ctrg195Mar 24, 2025

"The hidden cost of brainstorming with ChatGPT...

Too much of a good thing, even ChatGPT, can be bad, according to research from OpenAI and MIT.

Relying on it for common uses like advice, explanations, or ideas can foster dependency.

The research asks whether it'll lead people to a "loss of agency and confidence in their decisions.""

https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-chatgpt-brainstorming-addiction-dependence-negative-consequences-mit-research-2025-3

#chatgpt #brainatrophy #llm #overreliance

The hidden cost of brainstorming with ChatGPT

New research from MIT Media Lab and OpenAI poses a question: If we rely too much on ChatGPT will we lose our sense of self?

Business Insider
Research Network Digi-Oek.chMar 4, 2025

[en] #Luddite: anti-progress fanatics, a popular misconception

"... original ... Luddites weren’t against #technology. "

"... wrest back control of technology for #democratic ends ... kind of "#digital #Luddism" which echoes past struggles against high-tech #injustice."

"... systemic change towards #sustainable, #transparent and #usercontrolled infrastructure."

https://theconversation.com/digital-luddites-are-rising-they-want-to-democratise-tech-not-destroy-it-251155

#overreliance #dependency #dominance #bigtech #gafam #techoligarchy #privacy #security #antitrust #ethical

Digital Luddites are rising. They want to democratise tech, not destroy it

Like their predecessors in the 19th century, digital Luddites are fighting oppressive technology. Will they succeed?

The Conversation
Research Network Digi-Oek.chFeb 28, 2025

[en] Concerns that US could access European #data

"The potential harm caused by an #interruption of public services could #disrupt the country and #society, the government auditing agency said" [#NL].

"The report [#KPMG] recommends ... a combination of multiple #European and #Dutch providers be chosen for #cloud services."

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/02/27/is-overreliance-on-us-big-tech-a-threat-to-europe-the-netherlands-may-soon-find-out

#overreliance #reliance #dependency #trump #risk #dominance #bigtech #gafam #techoligarchy #declouding #unclouding #cloudexit #ms365 #mso365

Dutch reliance on US cloud providers stokes data privacy concerns

Experts say there are concerns that US President Donald Trump could get access to European data with many Dutch ministries, for instance, operating on the public cloud.

euronews
AI6YR BenJan 29, 2023
"The first use of the new Apple Emergency SOS via satellite in B.C. may have saved the lives of two women who were stranded in the wilderness near McBride...." (because) they decided to use "Google Maps for an alternate route and decided to take a detour through the Holmes Forest Service Road." 🤨 🤔 #technology #overreliance #search #rescue #SAR https://www.timescolonist.com/bc-news/first-use-of-apple-emergency-sos-in-bc-may-have-saved-two-lives-6442981
First use of Apple Emergency SOS in B.C. may have saved two lives

Two women stranded in the wilderness near McBride used the new satellite technology to contact search and rescue

Victoria Times Colonist
Nicolas ZahnJan 5, 2023
Leaving aside the question of the quality of the used system #overreliance on technical tools will always raise issues for fundamental rights
#FacialRecognition #ADM
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/facial-recognition-error-led-to-wrongful-arrest-of-black-man-report-says/
Black man wrongfully jailed for a week after face recognition error, report says

Lawyer says police didn't check man's height, weight—or the mole on his face.

Ars Technica