'For humans, the capacity to say, 'I don't know,' is very important': Report finds AI really might be harming our critical thinking skills
- Only 3% of participants with access to AI were willing to say 'I don't know'
- Participants failed to question AI-generated information enough
- "AI... eliminated participants' willingness to suspend judgment"
A new study conducted by researchers from French and Italian universities is arguing that humans are struggling to compete with artificial intelligence when it comes to critical thinking.
According to the data, participants with access to AI were less likely to say 'I don't know', with just 3% uncertain about an answer that required critical thinking compared with 44% of participants who didn't have access to AI.
The study ultimately concludes that humans rely too heavily on artificial intelligence to replace potentially correct personal judgments with incorrect AI suggestions.
Is AI harming our critical thinking?
The study purposely used a model that has a lower accuracy rate to produce incorrect results, and yet humans still opted to use those results rather...
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