The answer’s a bit more complicated than that. And it’s worth remembering the introduction of calculators in the 1970s.

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At Futurism, we've covered how some ChatGPT users are developing severe delusions and obsessions after becoming addicted to the chatbot. One intriguing detail we'd like to highlight from our most ...

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According to a study from MIT, relying on ChatGPT is bad for the brain. Associate Vice Chancellor for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Strategy at the University of Illinois Chicago Michael ...

Recent AI advances in voice tech, wearables and education echo the sci-fi world of The Diamond Age, raising hopes and concerns for the future.

In Stephenson’s novel, the Primer looks like a hardcover book, but each of its “pages” is really a screen display that can show animations and text, and it responds to its user in real time via AI.

When Jocelyn Leitzinger had her university students write about times in their lives they had witnessed discrimination, she ...

A new MIT study has raised alarm bells about the mental cost of using AI tools like ChatGPT, suggesting that they may be ...

The LLM group showed "weaker memory traces, reduced self-monitoring and fragmented authorship," the study authors wrote. That ...

Researchers at MIT investigated how writing with ChatGPT affects brain activity and recall. Their findings indicate that reliance on AI may lead to reduced mental engagement, prompting concerns about ...

Prolonged use of artificial intelligence for essay-writing tasks may weaken brain function and critical thinking skills, ...