Schools, AI and Stupidity
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Schools, AI and Stupidity
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Is AI dumbing us down? Are schools in danger of making kids 'stupider'?
Should we make schools gymnasia of the mind?
Will an education for leisure replace an education for work?
All this and more in this episode!
Some links to material discussed:
Do our brains need knowledge in the age of AI? https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.11015
Scott Alexander's Misleading Victory: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/scott-alexanders-misleading-victory?r=18455&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
Your Brain on Chat GPT: https://daviddidau.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-borrowed-thought
TikTok and AI are Junk Food: https://archive.is/20250512191652/https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/tiktok-and-ai-are-junk-food-start-dieting-m7pbtcpdv#selection-1385.0-1519.694
Are We Living in a Stupidogenic Society? https://substack.nomoremarking.com/p/are-we-living-in-a-stupidogenic-society
Flynn Effect and its Reversal: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6042097/
Reevaluating the Flynn Effect: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289625000121
Will AI Make You Stupid? - https://archive.is/20250826084540/https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/07/16/will-ai-make-you-stupid#selection-1105.0-1367.47