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Do Technologies Make Us Dumber? Data Says Otherwise.

Calculators and GPS are thought to make us dumber, but data shows the opposite.

<p>Popular idea: calculators have made us unable to do mental math, GPS has killed navigation, and now artificial intelligence will finally dumb everyone down.</p>

<p>There is an interesting counterexample from the world of Go. From 1950 to 2016, the quality of human play changed very little. Then AlphaGo defeated Lee Sedol - and the quality of human decisions sharply increased. Moreover, players began to develop moves that differed from both previous human and machine ones. Artificial intelligence did not replace creativity - it spurred it on.</p>

<p>I see this in my own children as well. They are not becoming passive consumers - they are using new tools as a springboard for their own curiosity.</p>

<p><a href="https://x.com/mickeyxfriedman/status/2041662653211537884">https://x.com/mickeyxfriedman/status/2041662653211537884</a></p>;

<p>#ai #alphago #deepmind</p>

<p><a href="https://t.me/+OvImEUmA7W5mYTRi">————————— Мысли Рвачева —————————</a></p>

Do Technologies Make Us Dumber? Data Says Otherwise. — illustration