Using #AI makes people less likely to be correct

Accuracy collapsed when AI was available

  • Baseline: 27% gave correct answer
  • With AI advice, 9% gave #correct answer

Fact: Some would-be correct people got AI advice & became #wrong

AI advice made people #confident there're correct

  • Baseline: 30%
  • With AI help, confidence rose to 76%

People became worse, accuracy was only 1/3, but they were twice as confident

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/19/using-ai-makes-people-less-likely-to-admit-they-dont-know-something/5274567

#digital #DumbedDown #DDD = Digitally Dumbed Down