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AIを10分使うだけで正解率が急低下、識者が説く3つの「べからず」
日常業務において生成AI（人工知能）はとても便利だ。自然言語で質問するだけで、大抵のことに答えてくれる。文書の要約やメール文面の作成といった業務も代行してくれる。だが一方で、自分で考える機会が失われ、思考力が低下する懸念がある。AI利用のダークサイドといえるだろう。実際、思考力などが低下する恐れを示す実験結果がある。AIをうまく活用するにはどうすればよいのか。実験の論文や識者の意見から探る。
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* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
AIを10分使うだけで正解率が急低下、識者が説く3つの「べからず」 nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUC251P30V20C26A… 日常業務において生成AIはとても便利ですが、自分で考える機会が失われ、思考力が低下する懸念を示す実験結果があります。 実験の論文や識者の意見からAIをうまく使うために見えてきたのは （１）AIを「先生」にしない （２）AIを「学びたいこと」に使用しない （３）AIに「答え」を求めない という3つの「べからず」です。
AIを10分使うだけで正解率が急低下、識者が説く3つの「べからず」 - 日本経済新聞
www.nikkei.comtbh even these takes are too extreme though. see my thread on what the paper actually says:
Ariel M. (she/her)
Experiment 1 = 354 participants, randomly assigned to solve “15 fraction problems…of varying difficulty”. No penalty for wrong answers, payment not dependent on how many they got correct. If wrong, answer shown. Had option to Skip questions.
And why, while flawed, the study isn't meaningless or worthless - everyone's take is just lacking nuance:
Ariel M. (she/her)
Yes mostly. The paper (still a preprint, so not peer-reviewed) does start off kinda strong in its claims compared to what the results show. But they acknowledge all the limitations too: - this captured brief AI exposure, so did not look at how these effects change with usage over time
Gift link, and some reactions herein. nytimes.com/2026/09/25/opinion/ai-doctor-…
Opinion | Being a Doctor Will Never Be the Same After A.I. (Gift Article)
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