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AI's Great Big 'Dumbening' Effect
Original: AI’s Great Big ‘Dumbening’ Effect
National Review has published a commentary arguing that heavy reliance on AI tools risks dulling users' critical thinking, coining the 'dumbening' effect. The piece warns that outsourcing writing, reasoning and decisions to chatbots may erode cognitive skills rather than boost productivity.
Why now: Ongoing public debate about whether everyday AI use makes people intellectually lazy.
Evidence
- AI’s Great Big ‘Dumbening’ Effect · National Review
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