The real danger of AI isn't that it's wrong — it's that it could make us stop thinking for ourselves, a professor says

Lucy Gill-Simmen. Courtesy of Lucy Gill-Simmen A Royal Holloway Dean worries that AI will stop people from asking how they know something is true. Lucy Gill-Simmen says AI can deliver answers, shortcutting the struggle that makes learning happen. "It risks becoming a substitute for thinking," she told Business Insider. AI can produce convincing answers, but a professor says the greater risk is when people stop questioning them. Lucy Gill-Simmen, associate dean for Education and Student Expe...