fromThe Mercury News
1 day agoLarry Magid: Does generative AI weaken critical thinking?
Not a new issue Before getting into the research, I'm reminded of similar concerns raised about earlier technologies, beginning with Socrates, who worried that writing would erode our reliance on memory and make it possible to appear knowledgeable without truly understanding what we claim to know. As absurd as that may sound in 2026, in some sense, he was right. Written sources give us indirect knowledge of events we didn't witness ourselves and allow us to revisit information when we need to refresh our memory.
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