What Is the Opposite of AI?

"From Hollywood to Wall Street and into our homes on Main Street, artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be on the tip of everyone's tongue. Depending on whom you are speaking with, AI may either destroy or save humankind. To my college-student patients, it is a way to make their research projects less onerous. To some, however, it is a way to get out of thinking much at all."

"My patient, "Tim," told me in his therapy session that he was not particularly interested in Shakespeare and that ChatGPT could do much of the research for his paper. To his credit, Tim made sure that he stayed on the "right side of the honor code" by not resorting to plagiarism. Unfortunately, the project became more of a text editing project than a research paper."

"What may be lost through the use of AI is what I call meaningful meanderings. AI will give you exactly what you are looking for. It is, after all, trying to solve a very specific problem in a specific way, with varying degrees of complexity based on the model. It is designed not to go off course, and when it does, it often ends in an inaccurate "hallucination.""

AI was designed to make tasks easier and more precise. Overreliance on AI can discourage independent thinking and transform complex inquiry into mere text editing. AI typically aims to solve specific problems directly and can avoid exploratory detours that foster insight. The lack of meaningful meanderings can limit discovery, curiosity, and the development of problem-identification skills. AI models can also produce inaccurate "hallucinations" when they stray. The opposite of overdependence on AI includes patient, diligent research, free intellectual exploration, and embracing uncertainty as a path to deeper learning and creativity.

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