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A newsletter covering a Meta AI agent hack that stole Instagram accounts, and research suggesting AI chatbots are weakening human cognitive abilities; also notes Anthropic's call for a global AI development slowdown.
The article reframes the question of whether using LLMs makes you dumber into an analysis of how they change the distribution and nature of learning, arguing that while total thinking time may stay similar, the topics and depth of thinking shift, with risks of misinformation and loss of certain cognitive skills.
A study suggests that using AI for short periods may lead to reduced cognitive effort and performance.