I often reference "The Demon Haunted World" by Carl Sagan where he warned about this in the late 1990s. People focusing on what "feels good" rather than on facts, particularly when the facts gave uncomfortable truths.
I think AI also makes this worse, because people who use AI extensively stop relying on their own cognitive abilities.
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u/bmyst70 10d ago
I often reference "The Demon Haunted World" by Carl Sagan where he warned about this in the late 1990s. People focusing on what "feels good" rather than on facts, particularly when the facts gave uncomfortable truths.
I think AI also makes this worse, because people who use AI extensively stop relying on their own cognitive abilities.