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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
I wouldn't call it disturbing - only, if I want to create clickbait. "Expected" would be more like it. There you go:
“When people rely on large language models to summarize information on a topic for them, they tend to develop shallower knowledge about it compared to learning through a standard Google search,” study co-lead author Shiri Melumad, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, wrote in an essay for The Conversation about her work.
Just like following turn by turn vs reading a map
It's hardly shocking that only reading the Cliff Notes gives you a less extensive knowledge of subject matter.
Only thing that's disturbing is journalists thinking this type of headline is OK.
You can't trust it?