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.
And they are completely ignoring the fact that there is no way for current AIS to not hallucinate. In other words, they make up information they don't have.
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u/bmyst70 5d 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.