Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds

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On 6/04/2026 10:26 am, Rod Speed wrote:
> keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
>> Rod Speed wrote
>>> Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
>>>> Axel <none@not.here> wrote
>>>>> keithr0 wrote
>>>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>>>> Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote
>>>>>>>> keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
> 
>>>>>>>>> https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/research-finds-ai-users- 
>>>>>>>>> scarily-
>>>>>>>>> willing-to-surrender-their-cognition-to-llms/
> 
>>>>>>>> Not surprising at all. It's much the same as all the stories about
>>>>>>>> people getting stuck somewhere because they blindly followed their
>>>>>>>> satnav. I'm frequently bewildered by how willing people are to
>>>>>>>> offload often important decisions to some perceived authority with
>>>>>>>> known failings or ulterior motives, but of course politics and
>>>>>>>> religion are based on exactly that common willingness. Such AIs
>>>>>>>> have all the potential to join those as a new major social power.
> 
>>>>>>> Just like you do with google
> 
>>>>>> Google simply points you to places where information exists. Usually
>>>>>> there are several, you can read and assess the source material,
>>>>>> instead of just getting a summary usually without attribution
> 
>>>>> Google AI gives the sources
> 
>>>> I already showed you where it didn't give me any sources
> 
>>>  Depends on how you invoke it, it does with Gemini
> 
>>>> and told   me a pack of (changing) lies
> 
>>>  You did nothing of the sort
> 
>>>> wrapped up in convincing waffle.
> 
>>>  You did nothing of the sort
> 
>>>> In fact comparing with web search results it was pretty obvious some
>>>> of the info had come from Wikipedia pages that no human would have
>>>> considered relevent, and not showing sources served to hide that.
>>>  It does show sources when you invoke it properly
> 
>>>> You didn't respond to me then, and now I see you just ignored me
>>>> because the information didn't come from one of your Artificial
>>>> Idiots.
> 
>>>  More of your mindless bullshit
> 
>>>> You are presenting yourself as prime example of someone
>>>> "willing to surrender their cognition to LLMs".
> 
>>>  More of your mindless bullshit
> 
>>>  And you do precisely that with google searches
> 
>> Completely different,
> 
> But still "willing to surrender their cognition to LLMs"
> 
>> Google search, just gives pointersto where the   information may be.
> 
> That's bullshit too when you have already decided
> that wikipedia is a good efficient source of data on
> lots of thing except for data on people who aren't
> considered important enough to have their own page

You may think that, I don't.

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