Kevin Beaumont“Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.”
https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/
Microsoft researchers say an overdependency on AI tools like Copilot negatively impacts people's critical thinking capabilities.
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/copilot-and-chatgpt-makes-you-dumb-new-microsoft-study
Will an overreliance on Copilot and ChatGPT make you dumb? A new Microsoft study says AI 'atrophies' critical thinking: "I already feel like I have lost some brain cells."
Microsoft researchers say an overdependency on AI tools like Copilot negatively impacts people's critical thinking capabilities.
jb@GossiTheDog so, if over-reliance makes you dumb, what does simple usage make you?
Richard Degenne@jb @GossiTheDog The paper covers it. They had the brain-only group use ChatGPT in a subsequent session, and noticed no significant change in neural activity.
So if you do the work first, then the LLM has no adverse effects. But if you've already done the work, then what's even the point of using it?
But that’s not even usage, then. You’ve solved the problem already.
@jb @GossiTheDog Then your definition of "usage" is already over-reliance.
Anything the LLM does, you don't, so you don't benefit from the mental exercise of doing it.
@richarddegenne @GossiTheDog what is usage, then?
Is my usage of “ping” leveraging the tool, or am I just too damn lazy to build my own socket and packet?
What is “proper usage” of an LLM or LRM? If any amount of it is bad, there is no usage at all, just over reliance.