alt Hacker NewsTrue, but the tools make the default behavior so tempting.
I have a friend who uses Google Maps to find places, then memorizes the route there and closes the app to navigate because he wants to build a better mental map of our city. Meanwhile, I just check the app every five seconds like a dummy, and my hippocampus stays small.
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qsera • today at 1:22 PM
Your friend use google maps, while google maps uses you.
This is a good parallel. In the 90s when I learned to drive I was quite good at navigating. Now google maps is on a screen in my car telling me where to go whenever I drive beyond my most common routes.
Really all the research telling us about AI skills atrophy.. We should have guessed from previous experience.