Quando me dizem que a IA é útil para “poupar tenpo”, apetece-me logo perguntar no que aplicam esse tempo alegadamente “poupado”.

Is Generative AI a New Addiction Category?

The perils of intermittent reinforcement.

Key points

• Chasing “perfect prompts” with AI resembles addictive behavior.
• Intermittent reinforcement in AI can lead to compulsive dependence.
• Recognize AI usage patterns to avoid compulsive dependency.

Sycophantic AI tells users they’re right 49% more than humans do, and a Stanford study claims it’s making them worse people

AI models are affirming people’s worst behavior, even when other humans say they’re in the wrong, and users can’t get enough.

A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons

The scene is right out of the 1950s with students pecking away at manual typewriters, the machines dinging at the end of each line.

Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language instructor at Cornell University, introduces her students to the raw feeling of typing without online assistance. No screens, online dictionaries, spellcheckers or delete keys.

The exercise started in spring 2023 as Phelps grew frustrated with the reality that students were using generative AI and online translation platforms to churn out grammatically perfect assignments.

“What’s the point of me reading it if it’s already correct anyway, and you didn’t write it yourself? Could you produce it without your computer?” said Phelps.

Há quem ainda não tenha percebido esta parte, mas queira servir de exemplo para alunos e mesmo outros professores.

E adianta de pouco estar sempre a falar que é necessário formar as pessoas para serem flexíveis perante um futuro imprevisível, se acham que a sua narrativa é o único futuro previsível.

How Geopolitics Overran Globalization

The End of the Dream of Economic Integration

Not too long ago, globalization was seen by academics and policymakers as a powerful force bringing the world closer together and promoting economic prosperity and stability. The open flow of goods, services, money, natural resources, and people would benefit all countries and make it possible to transfer knowledge, ideas, and technology across national borders. Globalization promised to bridge divides between advanced and developing economies, binding them together in a mesh of shared interests. It seemed reasonable to assume that this would even foster geopolitical stability, as collective prosperity would incentivize countries to tamp down conflicts that could disrupt their economic relationships.The End of the Dream of Economic Integration