Comment on Teachers warn AI is impacting students' critical thinking
N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days agoExactly. Just the latest VC technological advancement to exacerbate existing problems. The lack of critical thinking is why the far right has room to breathe, let alone brainwash entire populations.
The sad part is that it’s likely all by design. Turn everyone into sheep then line them up for slaughter.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Dunno if it’s by design, “bug turned into feature”, or simply neglect. In any case, the result is the same, though - masses that are easy to manipulate, composed of dysfunctional individuals.
100% this. People often say “you’re not immune to propaganda”, and that’s true - complete immunity is impossible. However, critical thinking does raise your resistance, as it makes you less eager to swallow bullshit.