However, it neglects an important factor. As humans delegate thinking to computers, they get dumber.
The situation is similar to athletes losing muscle tissue by not practicing. The introduction of AI to the workforce relieves humans from a variety of intellectual tasks. The resulting “intellectual vacation mode” is likely to trigger a decline in human cognitive capabilities.
As
a result, the crossing point between human intelligence and AI might
arrive faster than expected, not only because AI abilities are advancing
fast but also because humans are getting dumber. The two trends are
correlated since better AI agents would reduce the intellectual burden
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