4 months ago
Wed Apr 30, 2025 9:20pm PST
Ask HN: Will AI make humans smarter or dumber in the long run?
Big question, probably too big, but let’s speculate wildly just for fun. On one hand you have the argument that the ultimate knowledge/productivity boost comes from combining humans and AI effectively, bouncing ideas off of them, looking things up more efficiently, tutoring, etc. On the other hand, the argument is that people will take the lazy route when available, just cut corners and take whatever AI says as fact and move on, all the while losing the capacity for focused, deep contemplation and subject mastery. I’ve heard anecdotal evidence in both directions. What do you think? Any research on this yet?
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