The article discusses the experience of owning an e-bike and how it has positively influenced the author's well-being. It contrasts the e-bike with the findings from a recent MIT study, where access to ChatGPT simplified essay writing for students but impaired their critical thinking and ownership over their work. The researchers raised concerns that reliance on AI could lead to decreased motivation for independent research and problem-solving, highlighting a potential downside to technology that makes tasks easier.
Due to the instant availability of the response to almost any question, LLMs can possibly make a learning process feel effortless, and prevent users from attempting any independent problem solving.
Researchers concluded that access to ChatGPT didn't just make composing an essay easier. It made it too easy, negatively impacting long-term thinking skills.
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