Schools, AI and Stupidity

Is AI dumbing us down? Are schools in danger of making kids 'stupider'? Should we make schools gymnasia of the mind? Will an education for leisure replace an education for work? All this and more in this episode! Some links to material discussed: Do our brains need knowledge in the age of AI? https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.11015 Scott Alexander's Misleading Victory: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/scott-alexanders-misleading-victory?r=18455&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true Your Brain on Chat GPT: https://daviddidau.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-borrowed-thought TikTok and AI are Junk Food: https://archive.is/20250512191652/https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/tiktok-and-ai-are-junk-food-start-dieting-m7pbtcpdv#selection-1385.0-1519.694 Are We Living in a Stupidogenic Society? https://substack.nomoremarking.com/p/are-we-living-in-a-stupidogenic-society Flynn Effect and its Reversal: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6042097/ Reevaluating the Flynn Effect: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289625000121 Will AI Make You Stupid? - https://archive.is/20250826084540/https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/07/16/will-ai-make-you-stupid#selection-1105.0-1367.47