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

From keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au>
Newsgroups aus.computers
Subject Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds
Date 2026-04-06 21:38 +1000
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On 6/04/2026 3:45 pm, Rod Speed wrote:
> keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> wrote
>> 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.
> 
> Thanks for that completely superfluous proof of
> what a terminal fuckwit you have always been

No answer then roddles.

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    Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-05 08:59 +1000
      Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> - 2026-04-05 14:25 +1000
        Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-05 15:36 +1000
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            Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-06 01:53 +1000
          Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-04-05 21:20 +1000
            Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-06 01:55 +1000
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                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-06 10:22 +1000
            Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-04-06 08:22 +1000
              Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-06 09:26 +1000
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                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-07 08:42 +1000
              Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-04-06 10:32 +1000
                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> - 2026-04-06 13:28 +1000
                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-04-06 14:33 +1000
                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> - 2026-04-06 21:40 +1000
                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-07 03:20 +1000
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                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-07 16:48 +1000
                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-06 15:42 +1000
                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-04-07 08:18 +1000
                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-07 08:52 +1000
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            Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-06 08:25 +1000
              Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> - 2026-04-06 09:49 +1000
                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-06 10:26 +1000
                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> - 2026-04-06 13:30 +1000
                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-06 15:45 +1000
                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> - 2026-04-06 21:38 +1000
                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-07 03:17 +1000
                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds keithr0 <me@bugger.off.com.au> - 2026-04-07 15:29 +1000
                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-07 16:50 +1000
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                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds Axel <none@not.here> - 2026-04-06 14:35 +1000
                Re: "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-06 15:48 +1000
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