Replying to @⁨themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩

Why have our oligarchs or billionaires devised systems and work cultures of difficult tasks and productive struggle, when our government’s documents claim we, all of us, have a right to pursue happiness?

Researchers recently found that spending just 10 minutes relying on an AI tool significantly impairs the user’s ability to focus and persist with difficult tasks…

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The findings backed up what anecdotes and surveys have increasingly found in recent years: An overreliance on AI for answers erodes our cognitive fitness. When AI produces answers in seconds, we get used to that speed; anything that takes longer feels inefficient. And relying on AI also removes what the team called “productive struggle,” which can lead people to find their research strengths and passions.

Edited ⁨⁨Oct⁩ ⁨10⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨14:03⁩⁩en