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