I recently read that millennials (the students I taught!) might be the last generation to be able to #think and write without using #AI. So I gave #chatGPT the following prompt:

"generate a literature review with links to sources and an extensive executive summary of peer reviewed research regarding the possibility that using large language models diminishes the human ability to think well"

My write-up is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-ai-eroding-153932626

@hrheingold I think you should have probably used past tense for your essay title, Howard. ๐Ÿ˜” ๐Ÿ’™

@hrheingold Here's an interesting article from Psychology Today that is related, published a few days ago.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-algorithmic-mind/202603/adults-lose-skills-to-ai-children-never-build-them

Adults Lose Skills to AI. Children Never Build Them.

Discussions of cognitive offloading often miss a critical distinction: What AI does to a 45-year-old's brain is categorically different from what it does to a 14-year-old's.

Psychology Today

@hrheingold I've been using LLMs to brainstorm energy/climate ideas
Would like to see these tactics become part of the anti-war, anti-Trmp movement

Balcony Solar, Batteries, & Bikes
https://claude.ai/share/54308753-8e82-4ce6-ad10-7f3efd5863a0
https://chatgpt.com/share/69b61c70-3fb8-8006-a07d-2fc4136df80f

No oil wars if you don't use oil
Solar IS Civil Defense

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