alt Hacker NewsWhat did the researchers expect?
Humans are lazy by nature, they seek shortcuts.
So given the chance to go rote learning for years for an education which in most cases is simply a soon to be forgotten certification vs watching TikTok while letting ChatGPT do the lifting - this is all predictable, even without Behavioral Design, Hooked etc.
And that usually the benefits rise with IQ level - nothing new here, that’s the very definition of IQ.
Learning and academia is hard, and even harder for those with lower IQ scores.
A fool with a tool is still a fool and vice versa.
Motivation seems also at an all time low. Why put in hours when a prompt can works wonders?
Reading a book is a badge of honor nowadays more than ever.
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> So given the chance to go rote learning for years for an education which in most cases is simply a soon to be forgotten certification vs watching TikTok while letting ChatGPT do the lifting - this is all predictable, even without Behavioral Design, Hooked etc.
Would you argue that having books/written words also made people more lazy and be able to remember less? Because some people argued (at the time) that having written words would make humanity less intellectual as a whole, but I think consensus is that it led to the opposite.
> the benefits rise with IQ level - nothing new here, that’s the very definition of IQ
This is not obvious to me, and certainly is not the "definition" of IQ. There are tools that become less useful the more intelligent you are, such as multiplication tables. IQ is defined by a set of standardized tests that attempt to quantify human intelligence, and has some correlations with social, educational and professional performance, but it's not clear why it would help with use of AI tools.