Post #4297416

2026-07-31 23:38 UTC

Cognitive offloading risks a population scale developmental crisis in children. If you are worried about your local school conforming to the 'inevitablism' and mania around AI, send them this article and explain that the less time kids spend with AI in the classroom, the more they'll have the edge in years to come (an edge they'll need given the future(s) they face). https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-algorithmic-mind/202603/adults-lose-skills-to-ai-children-never-build-them #education #childdevelopment #psychology #ai

Replies (4)

@knowattitude@m.ai6yr.org 2026-08-01 00:41

@JulianOliver@mastodon.social If you use a forklift in the gym instead of lifting the weights yourself, you're never going to develop your strength.

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@mral@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-08-01 01:09

@JulianOliver@mastodon.social Thanks for posting this. it explains a lot but more importantly if explains it in a way I can use to explain it to others.

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@DDRitter@neopaquita.es 2026-08-01 09:17

@JulianOliver@mastodon.social Idiocracy, here we keep coming!

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@ganxel@oldbytes.space 2026-08-01 17:32

@JulianOliver@mastodon.social excellent -- another great post by the author here, on a topic that really grinds my gears: the fallacious analogies of "it's just a tool... you may as well object to the printing press or calculator". https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-algorithmic-mind/202607/ai-is-not-a-calculator-stop-saying-it-is

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