We're seeing a lot of students, teachers, and scientists produce more, and worse, outputs because of improper AI use. It's possible to use it better: Have it imitate a critic. Learning and creativity come from getting criticism and experiencing friction.

We found that when knowledge workers intentionally use AI to challenge their ideas – to generate friction – they can significantly improve their performance. Previous research on human-AI collaboration for loan evaluations had similar results.

A study I was not involved with found that creative writers produce better copy when they use AI as a sounding board rather than to ghostwrite.

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[–] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

mmm yes, using the thing famous for being fundamentally programmed to be a sycophant to challenge your ideas..

Did you have the AI challenge that idea?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    don't antromorphize the computer sycopathy is just how they programmed the thing all the information to heavily challenge your ideas is in there

    try it

    tell it you think using an AI to challenge your ideas is great (the opposite of what you think)

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