• jaykrown@lemmy.world
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    Also, correlation does not equal causation. So the title is attributing AI to eroding your ability to persist, when in reality there was no prior test to ensure the individual could do the task at all. Which is almost like what they’re proving is that AI gives people the ability to do things they otherwise would not be able to do with out it.

    Giving someone a tool to start and then taking the tool away mid task isn’t a good way to study the impact of the tool.

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      when in reality there was no prior test to ensure the individual could do the task at all

      Why would such a test be needed? I presume the researchers did the reasonable thing and assigned the participants to the two groups randomly.

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      Ironically, the people that agree with the headline won’t bother to critically think about the study.