How AI and Social Media are Making Us Dumber

from Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast · host Greg Koukl

Tim Barnett joins Greg to talk about the need to learn how to be good thinkers, the danger of ending up in an echo chamber, how AI and social media are making us dumber, and more. Topics: Commentary: How AI and social media are making us dumber. (00:00) Mentioned on the Show: Be One of the 100 – Become a strategic partner Red Pen Logic – YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook The Deconstruction of Christianity: What It Is, Why It’s Destructive, and How to Respond by Tim Barnett and Alisa Childers Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – Study Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher Related Links: Sometimes AI Just Makes Stuff Up by Amy Hall

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Tim Barnett joins Greg to talk about the need to learn how to be good thinkers, the danger of ending up in an echo chamber, how AI and social media are making us dumber, and more.

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