Dumb and Dumber, Courtesy of AI
Artificial Intelligence has been hyped as the ultimate tool for achieving Nirvana: IA improves our daily life by making it smoother, smarter and more enjoyable. From my own limited experience, I beg to disagree. AI is making a large number of people lazy, dependent, trusting and dumb. I am just a humble voice outside the chorus of distinguished experts who find that AI is addictive and undermines one’s critical thinking. Moreover, I am uncomfortable with the adjective “artificial”, does not it mean insincere or affected? Paradoxically, Donald Trump wants to replace it, probably to conceal its most malicious impacts. In an AI world, we will have to stay vigilant to enjoy its benefits. I frequently use AI for tips, enquiries, references and blog writing. Google Gemini often goes off the rails and provides wrong information, a double check is vital. Microsoft 365 Copilot is a useful grammar checker but an unimaginative writing too...