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highplainsdem

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2. Thanks for the link! Good opinion piece, about a subject getting more and more attention. It's about

Reply to dweller (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 27, 2026, 02:14 PM

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AI dumbing users down (and smartphones doing the same thing), while this new study focuses on AI sycophancy and how that undermines human judgment and makes users addicted to AI.

Are you going to post that NYT op-ed? I hope you will - preferably in GD.

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AI chatbots are suck-ups, and that may be affecting your relationships (Scientific American, 3/26) [View all] highplainsdem Friday OP

Also an opinion piece at NYT today dweller Friday #1

Thanks for the link! Good opinion piece, about a subject getting more and more attention. It's about highplainsdem Friday #2

And this is the article I meant to post dweller Friday #3

Thanks for that link, too! highplainsdem Friday #4

As if we needed another reason to avoid AI as much as possible. mwmisses4289 Friday #5

I wish I could say that experts have probably already found all the reasons why using generative AI highplainsdem Friday #6

As far back as 2004 psych research studies found children needed to be outside playing with peers in Passages Friday #7

It's really worrisome that a lot of teens are using chatbots as companions. And AI use is cheating highplainsdem Friday #9

Here's yet another article: hunter Friday #8

Thanks for that link, hunter! Such a sad story - and the same is true of the other stories touched on in highplainsdem Friday #10

Well into my first long conversation with ChatGPT, I noted "you seem to have been programmed Jack Valentino Friday #11