For decades, Google worked like a library. You asked a question, & it handed you a list of websites after indexing the internet. You decided which sources to read, which viewpoints to compare, & what conclusions to draw.
Now we're entering a different era. Instead of giving us the library, AI gives us the summary.
In my opinion, that's a dangerous shift. I believe we're slowly being spoon-fed information that others have already filtered, prioritized, & interpreted for us. Fewer people will read the original sources, compare competing viewpoints, or even ask whether another perspective exists.
When AI gives you the answer instead of helping you find the answers, it becomes much easier to accept one narrative without questioning it.
To me, that's a form of indoctrination, not because every answer is necessarily false, but because we're being conditioned to stop doing our own research & start trusting whatever answer appears first on the screen. He who controls the media, controls the minds of the people.
Independent thinking requires effort. AI makes it too easy to skip that effort. Convenience is replacing curiosity. Critical thinking is being replaced by curated thinking.
I still believe the greatest protection against misinformation isn't more AI, it's people who are willing to read, question, compare sources, & make up their own minds.
Use AI as a tool, if you will, not as your replacement for thinking. Because the moment we stop asking questions is the moment someone else starts answering them for us.
What do you think? Is AI making us more informed, or making us more dumb & dependent?
--Kimberly Frank
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