AI today can write our class essays, plan our meals and draft our emails. But not everyone agrees on whether this type of help is good or bad. Recent headlines have warned that artificial intelligence will not just make us lazy and stupid; they’ve suggested AI could lead to the downfall of civilization. But the truth may lie somewhere in the middle of those best- and worst-case scenarios, says Trent Cash. He’s a behavioral scientist at University of Waterloo in Canada.
The type of AI tool and how it’s used make all the difference in whether someone hangs onto or picks up skills, new data show.
AI will most likely weaken our skills when it simply does the work for us. “If we offload a specific skill to AI,” Cash says, “we’re probably not going to retain that skill particularly well.” Staying engaged while using AI — by learning from its fee...
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