Especially considering all the other empirically proven ways that attention spans have been shortening for decades prior to this.
10 bucks this woman has used Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, (insert social media here) a hell of a lot more than this guy has used ChatGPT.
That being said, yes — you probably shouldn’t trust someone that puts blind faith in ChatGPT. But definitely not for that stupid reason.
Edit: I mean, shit, wasn’t there an odd correlation between Spongebob’s release and attention spans shortening? I think the study was proven inaccurate in the sense that it negatively affected attention spans of children below the target demographic, but still — none of this is a new phenomena associated with the advent of AI.
I’m in my forties and I’ve been hearing about how XY and z have been shortening attention spans literally since the 1980s.
Nintendo is ruining your attention span they shouted as we locked in for hours of Zelda, hand drawing maps. Music videos are ruining people’s attention span. CDs being able to skip tracks was going to ruin our attention span. Instant messaging was definitely going to ruin our attention span. When I was a kid they were saying our attention spans could be measured in seconds so if it’s gotten worse I don’t know how anyone finishes a sentence.
This year I heard how cocommelon commands too much attention from toddlers. So I guess our brains can be undercooked or over cooked.
The one thing I wouldn’t expect to be blamed for undermining our attention span would be a long form text-based back and forth conversation with a chatbot.
I wasn’t arguing that AI doesn’t harm people’s brains, I was arguing that there are so many other things to be morally opposed to AI about that attention spans might as well not even be a consideration.
Of all the problems with AI, how does attention span crack anyone’s top 50?
Especially considering all the other empirically proven ways that attention spans have been shortening for decades prior to this.
10 bucks this woman has used Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, (insert social media here) a hell of a lot more than this guy has used ChatGPT.
That being said, yes — you probably shouldn’t trust someone that puts blind faith in ChatGPT. But definitely not for that stupid reason.
Edit: I mean, shit, wasn’t there an odd correlation between Spongebob’s release and attention spans shortening? I think the study was proven inaccurate in the sense that it negatively affected attention spans of children below the target demographic, but still — none of this is a new phenomena associated with the advent of AI.
I’m in my forties and I’ve been hearing about how XY and z have been shortening attention spans literally since the 1980s.
Nintendo is ruining your attention span they shouted as we locked in for hours of Zelda, hand drawing maps. Music videos are ruining people’s attention span. CDs being able to skip tracks was going to ruin our attention span. Instant messaging was definitely going to ruin our attention span. When I was a kid they were saying our attention spans could be measured in seconds so if it’s gotten worse I don’t know how anyone finishes a sentence.
This year I heard how cocommelon commands too much attention from toddlers. So I guess our brains can be undercooked or over cooked.
The one thing I wouldn’t expect to be blamed for undermining our attention span would be a long form text-based back and forth conversation with a chatbot.
I wasn’t arguing that AI doesn’t harm people’s brains, I was arguing that there are so many other things to be morally opposed to AI about that attention spans might as well not even be a consideration.