Exposure to "AI Assistance" lowers doctors' ability to diagnose cancer just after a few weeks.
"AI"s main effect on people is skill decay.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langas/article/PIIS2468-1253(25)00133-5/abstract
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@tante Ah yes, making #SciFi real...
The Feeling of Power by #Asimov
https://hex.ooo/library/power.html
``In the distant future, humans live in a computer-aided society and have forgotten the fundamentals of mathematics, including even the rudimentary skill of counting.
Myron Aub, a low grade Technician, discovers how to reverse-engineer the principles of pencil-and-paper arithmetic by studying the workings of ancient computers``
#AI
The Feeling of Power by #Asimov
https://hex.ooo/library/power.html
``In the distant future, humans live in a computer-aided society and have forgotten the fundamentals of mathematics, including even the rudimentary skill of counting.
Myron Aub, a low grade Technician, discovers how to reverse-engineer the principles of pencil-and-paper arithmetic by studying the workings of ancient computers``
#AI
@tante Keep in mind the study is from 2021-2022, so nothing to do with GPT, LLM craze.
They got dependent on the tool.
@tante
Was the AI assistant required by United Health Insurance?
@tante
It's the user's responsibility to maintain a quality of work. You don't blame the hammer because the builder took a shortcut.
@tante I had a survey come round today asking which AI I used and what tasks I used it for. I had to put "I don't" in the 'Other' option since not using one at all didn't appear to be one of the options.
@tante
AI, like any other tool…can be used for good, or evil.
This is a different perspective…although I’m suspicious of this study…
AI, like any other tool…can be used for good, or evil.
This is a different perspective…although I’m suspicious of this study…
@tante It's a feature, not a bug.
@tante
My son’s 9th grade Algebra was instructed to use AI assist. He complained that it kept giving him the wrong answers 🙄
My son’s 9th grade Algebra was instructed to use AI assist. He complained that it kept giving him the wrong answers 🙄
@tante poke @mart1oeil , tu as vu celui là ?
@tante
But... But... But.... If I don't use "AI" how will I ever demolish the environment while churning out mountains of garbage based on stolen content and forgetting how to actually do anything?!?!?!
"I used AI to....", is nothing more than, "Listen I'm not an asshole but....", for the 21st Century.
@tante The conclusion was: Continuous exposure to AI might reduce the ADR of standard non-AI assisted colonoscopy, suggesting a negative effect on endoscopist behaviour.
@tante
From 2015: SatNav use degrades map reading ability
@tante skill decAI...
@tante
What could possibly go wrong...
@tante According to the study, it lowers their ability to diagnose without the use of AI. So they become dependent on the tool.
If I read this correctly, it didn't study whether their overall ability to diagnose was reduced.
@festal Yes, the study was just about the lasting skill decay.
@the_heruman @tante @festal I agree. It is not an argument against AI in particular but against all widely used tools supporting an already existing skill. My handwriting skills have deteriorated because for more than two decades I have mainly been writing on keyboards. However, I really love computers for shaping me this way.
@acka47 @the_heruman @tante @festal It is, if your whole job’s endpoint is “seeing and diagnosing cancer,” which it is, for an endoscopist. This isn’t like an AI scribe or something.
“Computer” used to be a job description, and not a machine; the tool obliterated the job, which was fine, because we decided it was better that way.
Do we not want cancer doctors? If we still do, skill decay *at diagnosis* is a very bad outcome.
@tante
Imagine, the skill decay… and consequences for those seeking treatment…
Imagine, the skill decay… and consequences for those seeking treatment…
“Exposure to "AI Assistance" lowers doctors' ability to diagnose cancer just after a few weeks.
"AI"s main effect on people is skill decay”
@tante
We need a synonym for skill that starts with A, and a synonym for decay that starts with I (or vice versa).
We need a synonym for skill that starts with A, and a synonym for decay that starts with I (or vice versa).
@tante I like the term "skill decay", I will probably use it a lot from now on
@tante
s/effect/purpose/
@tante Exhibit 3892 😖
@tante
Weird that they lost the number of patients in the abstract and not the number of doctors when the thing being tested is the doctors' ability Okay let's go
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