The Great AI Deskilling has begun (Business Insider, March 28)

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https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-deskilling-impact-on-worker-skills-productivity-2026-3

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John Nosta, founder of innovation and tech think tank Nosta Lab, calls this the "AI rebound effect" — when better performance masks declining ability. "The skill set actually falls below baseline," he said. The danger isn't only dependency — it's regression.

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If that inversion becomes the norm, the stakes are larger than productivity. "Human cognition is on the obsolescence chopping block," he added.

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The full impact of that shift may take years to fully show up. But the early signs are already visible, and those most at risk are the ones early in their careers.

"Right now, most professionals learned their craft before AI, so they have the baseline," Jan Tegze, author of "Job Search Guide" and "How to Talk to AI," told Business Insider. "The risk is with those who never build that baseline at all."

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Much more at the link.

And see this thread:

Adults Lose Skills to AI. Children Never Build Them. (Psychology Today, 3/22)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221115812

And in addition to knowledge/skills being lost, using AI can undermine judgment.

AI chatbots are suck-ups, and that may be affecting your relationships (Scientific American, 3/26)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221128288

Generative AI can mimic intelligence because it's trained on vast data sets of stolen intellectual property. But it isn't real intelligence, and the more people use it and come to rely on it, the less intelligent they become.