The problem with asking Google and AI for all the answersIn an era of conspiracy theories and misinformation, it is even more vital that we humans have a firm grasp of basic factsBy CHRIS BRYANT / Bloomberg OpinionArtificial intelligence (AI) has persuaded a lot of folks that we need to radically overhaul education. Now that chatbots can speedily retrieve information and answer complex questions, why bother memorizing historical facts or quotations? There is a problem with these arguments: Humans require knowledge to think creatively. Outsourcing our memory and cognition to Google and AI risks making us dumber and more susceptible to misinformation — including errors made by AI. “There is a consensus in cognitive psychology that it takes knowledge to gain knowledge,” he wrote.
