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I remember reading about people talking how writing and reading books leads to cognitive decline because people won't need to remember things anymore. Pretty s
by OroPla 2mo ago
I remember reading about people talking how writing and reading books leads to cognitive decline because people won't need to remember things anymore.
Pretty sure the way social media is designed contributes more to short attention spans and atrophy of the cerebral cortex.
- dgellow 2mo agoThe fact people were wrong in the past doesn’t mean it’s wrong with regards to AI
- pessimizer 2mo agoAnd they were not wrong. It's just that being able to consult with the dead, the distant, and your own past was an offsetting benefit.
- graemep 2mo agoThere was a decline in brain size that greatly predated widespread literacy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20240517-the-human-brain-has-been-shrinking-and-no-one-quite-knows-why https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20240517-the-human-brai...
- OroPla 2mo agoAlternative view: the human brain did never decrease in size: https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/unlv-research-no-human-brain-did-not-shrink-3000-years-ago https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/unlv-research-no-human-bra... I have no idea which position is correct, but both can't be true.
- josefritzishere 2mo agoFYI: The rhetorical fallacy here is called a false syllogism.
- OroPla 2mo agoPeople using books did in fact lead to cognitive decline since remembering could be offloaded. But that didn't stop the spread of books, was the point I tried to make. Same for social media. The negative effects have been apparent for years. I don't think we can go back to a world without books, without social media and without AI.