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The slow collapse of critical thinking in OSINT due to AI

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446 points walterbell | 1 comments | 03 Apr 25 18:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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FrankWilhoit ◴[03 Apr 25 19:44 UTC] No.43574453[source]▶
A crutch is one thing. A crutch made of rotten wood is another.
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add-sub-mul-div ◴[03 Apr 25 20:37 UTC] No.43575073[source]▶
Also, a crutch for doing long division is not the same as a crutch for general thinking and creativity.
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1. rini17 ◴[03 Apr 25 23:20 UTC] No.43576640[source]▶
It isn't something completely new, there are many cases of unwarranted trust in machines even before computers existed. AI just adds persuasion.

The "Pray Mr. Babbage..." anecdote comes to mind: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/14183