AI is depriving us of the ability to think

Many adults who grew up with calculators are handicapped regarding doing math in their head.

Cashiers, for example, depend on cash registers to figure change; giving $20.14 in order to get a five-dollar bill back on a $15.14 purchase can be laughably confusing.

Used unnecessarily, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the calculator for these times, potentially diminishing the brain’s capacity from working.

Today elders are encouraged to do math/crossword puzzles and keep journals to ward off dementia. However, young students to elderly are thrilled to use AI, sometimes for intensive research, but often to save mental work. It makes one wonder if AI is exacerbating the “dumbing down of America” and an atrophying of mental acuity.

FYI, AI Data banks drain electricity from the grid, potentially using 50% plus of our energy needs.

Humongous data centers requiring few workers are the bane of existence for those who live........

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