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Artificial intelligence (AI) is arguably the most rapidly advancing technology humans have ever developed. A year ago, you
wouldn’t often hear AI come up in a regular conversation, but today it seems there’s constant talk about how generative AI tools like
ChatGPT and DALL-E will affect the future of work, the spread of information, and more. A major question that has thus far been
almost entirely unexamined is how this AI-dominated future will affect people’s minds.
There’s been some research into how using AI in their jobs will affect people mentally, but there isn’t yet an understanding of
how simply living amongst so much AI-generated content and systems will affect people’s sense of the world. How is AI going to
change individuals and society in the not-too-distant future?
AI will obviously make it easier to produce disinformation. That will affect people’s sense of trust as they’re scrolling on
social media. AI can also allow someone to imitate your loved ones, which further erodes people’s general ability to trust what was
once unquestionable.
Internet: < wired,com > (adapted).