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The 'Godmother of AI' says the biggest risk of AI in schools is taking away kids’ motivation to learn (opens the original)
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Fei-Fei Li, founder of World Labs, says AI could weaken students' motivation and agency to learn. "It should not be taken away by humans nor should it be taken away by machines," she said. Instead, Li said learners should use AI as a learning companion that helps them get unstuck. As schools wrestle with how to handle AI in the classroom, Fei-Fei Li says the biggest danger is not that students will use AI to cheat — it's that it will erode their ability to learn. "The absolute bad outcome is tha
Sam Altman says cognitive atrophy is one of the most overlooked risks of the AI era (opens the original)
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI could cause "cognitive atrophy" if people let it think for them. Altman said people must keep "stretching" their brains as AI takes on more tasks. He also outlined a "pretty magical" future with personalized AI, but said human judgment will still matter. Sam Altman says one of AI's underappreciated risks is that people may let the technology do so much thinking for them that their own mental muscles begin to weaken. "One that I don't think gets much attention is how
'The Great Inversion': Why one innovation theorist says technology is no longer adapting to us — we're adapting to it (opens the original)
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For centuries, technology has largely served us and made our lives easier. Innovation theorist John Nosta said AI is changing humans rather than just changing the world around them. Nosta calls the shift "The Great Inversion." Humans have long built technologies to change the world around them — faster cars, better tools, and more efficient machines. AI may be among the first widely adopted technologies that not only shapes the world around us but also increasingly influences how we think, learn
The 4 qualities that make the Moonshot AI founder so exceptional, according to his Ph.D. advisor (opens the original)
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Yang Zhilin, the 34-year-old cofounder of Moonshot AI, has been dubbed a "millennial genius." Yang came into the limelight this month after launching his new buzzy K3 Kimi model. Business Insider spoke with Yang's former Ph.D. professor to learn more about what sets him apart. Yang Zhilin is having his moment in the sun right now. The 34-year-old cofounder of the Chinese firm Moonshot AI has been dubbed a "millennial genius" after the launch of his new Kimi K3 model this month, which sent shockw
The real danger of AI isn't that it's wrong — it's that it could make us stop thinking for ourselves, a professor says (opens the original)
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A Royal Holloway Dean worries that AI will stop people from asking how they know something is true. Lucy Gill-Simmen says AI can deliver answers, shortcutting the struggle that makes learning happen. "It risks becoming a substitute for thinking," she told Business Insider. AI can produce convincing answers, but a professor says the greater risk is when people stop questioning them. Lucy Gill-Simmen, associate dean for Education and Student Experience at Royal Holloway, University of London, said
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