RE: https://thingy.social/@malcircuit/116290027307902048

Really important piece in Psychology Today about the danger of over-reliance on AI especially for children.

From the article:
I mentioned Michael Gerlich's study on the negative correlation between AI offloading and critical thinking in a recent piece, "Why Kids Can’t Resist Cognitive Offloading," but I missed a critical distinction. Participants over 46 showed higher critical thinking scores alongside lower AI reliance. Participant between 17-25 showed the inverse.

In my view, the most likely explanation for this is not generational preference but biological development. The older group probably offloaded tasks they already knew how to perform. The younger group offloaded task they never learned how to perform. These neural pathways for source evaluation and constructing arguments were never formed. You can’t atrophy a muscle that was never built.