Singapore’s international news channel brought up an interesting topic. They asked, “Does using ChatGPT for homework make children lazy?”
If AI tools can create drafts of articles and solve problems in seconds, it can be difficult to resist the temptation to take shortcuts.
Resisting isn’t just difficult, it’s impossible now. Because AI, with its knowledge of every aspect of life, both controls and manages every area of life, and encourages laziness.
Personally, if I cough or have a sore throat, I immediately run to AI and ask. The answer I get is: “I’m not a doctor, but I can give you some advice.”
Five months ago, our writer Recep Re, who had a silent heart attack without knowing it, immediately checked Gemini to compare the symptoms and announced the result: coronary artery insufficiency. He diagnosed himself without going to the doctor, but he still went to the doctor and had all the tests done, and the answer he received was exactly as Gemini had said: he had problems with his heart arteries, and three arteries were largely blocked. He read Gemini’s symptoms and results, and they were 95% similar, so he told his doctor. He had diagnosed himself.
Especially with young children, the era of textbooks and pens is almost over. Everything has shifted to the internet and artificial intelligence. Not only school grades, but even petitions are now one of the most frequently used tasks by AI. We used to pay lawyers to write petitions, but that’s over too. Soon, people might even be able to be their own lawyers.
Is AI making children lazy? Not just lazy, but also stupid. They are completely losing their ability to think and create. The era of going to the library and browsing books is also over. In fact, when you go to libraries, you mostly see people between 60 and 80 years old reading books or newspapers. You can also find young people there, but not to read, but to use the internet…
Conclusion: People who don’t use their brains cannot improve themselves. Unfortunately, good people, good leaders, and good scientists don’t emerge from people who don’t improve themselves.
Antony Mesri * Germany