The experiments also suggest we could be losing our ability to critically engage with information, something previous research has found as well.
“The capacity to think critically, the capacity to be able to check what the AI is giving you has become more and more important over time,” Nave said. “This is kind of a muscle that we have, that hopefully we are not going to lose over time.”
— Victor TangermannReplicated under Fair Use from Alarming Study Finds That Most People Just Do What ChatGPT Tells Them, Even If It’s Totally Wrong by Victor Tangermann.