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3. That's funny, but it's also damning. It was immediately obvious a few years ago that ChatGPT and

Sun Nov 16, 2025, 10:31 AM

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other genAI tools dumbed users down. Studies have since confirmed that.

We all know the damaging effects smartphones have had. AI is much worse.

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