Something we don't pay enough attention to is that while calculators have solved everyday math to the point we downplay it as a required skill, people are not pulling out their calculator at the grocery store to make better purchase decisions, even though we all have one in our pocket now.
So we handwave the importance of being able to do everyday math in our heads, while also not taking advantage of the tool that's a substitute for it. We're less educated but also less effective than we would be if we'd never invented automated calculation and were forced to be sharp about it.
Is there a name for this phenomenon?
And what's it going to look like a decade after AI has caused people to stop using their brain for general thinking like it's stopped them from doing math?
(I'm sure you, the reader, are very good at math and are an exception to this still-apt generalization.)
So we handwave the importance of being able to do everyday math in our heads, while also not taking advantage of the tool that's a substitute for it. We're less educated but also less effective than we would be if we'd never invented automated calculation and were forced to be sharp about it.
Is there a name for this phenomenon?
And what's it going to look like a decade after AI has caused people to stop using their brain for general thinking like it's stopped them from doing math?
(I'm sure you, the reader, are very good at math and are an exception to this still-apt generalization.)