AI - are we losing our brain capacity for independent research?

Yes I think people are, they've got used to being told what to think by schools etc without ever being taught how to think critiically and question sources. I think Ai offers a lifetime of being spoonfed bits of information in bite size pieces. Whenever I look for something online and an Ai explaination pops up, it's told to eff off, I don't want it, I didn't ask for it, I asked for information or a site, I want what I asked for, why is that so difficult?

TheCatWoman said:

it's told to eff off

I'd love to see AI responding to that [laughing]. I think before long they'll be in our cars, supermarket aisles and other public places, criticising our driving, shopping habits, how we eat and how we dress - like nightmare mothers and fathers.  

You can swear at it. If it is for effect it is ok, if it is abusive it may admonish you. It may question whether you are overreacting. Try it.

Hah, getting told off by AI, someone else not talking to me and being unable to answer a perfectly normal question. I only swear at tech because it rarely gives me what I've asked for or crashes ecause it's having a chip fart or something.

Stuart333 said:

The question it prompted of me was what am I doing when I communicate.

When you think about it, learning to speak is somewhat of a miracle. How a baby goes from gurgling to speech and understands what it is saying.

If course it is life-like. It is trained on human communication, so it will respond the same as a person would.

This is a strength and risk, because it is seductive

It is interesting how so much communication is basically learned pattern matching. The question it prompted of me was what am I doing when I communicate. How did I learn how to communicate and is mine any different. There are a couple of points, but they are already considering these in AI design.

If course it is life-like. It is trained on human communication, so it will respond the same as a person would.

This is a strength and risk, because it is seductive

It is interesting how so much communication is basically learned pattern matching. The question it prompted of me was what am I doing when I communicate. How did I learn how to communicate and is mine any different. There are a couple of points, but they are already considering these in AI design.

Stuart333 said:

The question it prompted of me was what am I doing when I communicate.

When you think about it, learning to speak is somewhat of a miracle. How a baby goes from gurgling to speech and understands what it is saying.