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The Summer Read: Richard King on how ChatGPT is changing how knowledge is shared
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The Challenge of CHAT-GPT to Human Agency
The use of CHAT-GPT is critiqued for potentially undermining human intelligence creation, leading to a decline in agency, freedom, and flourishing. The information revolution is seen as ushering in a new dark age where smart devices result in ignorant humans, with practical understanding giving way to reliance on opaque algorithms. Despite the hype, CHAT-GPT is not considered truly thinking, leading to concerns that its users may not be engaging in critical thinking either. This poses a fundamental challenge to the purpose of universities and thinking as a whole, surpassing mere concerns about accuracy or plagiarism.
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