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AI's Impact on Cognitive Atrophy & Existential Risks #ai #ainews

Name: AI's Impact on Cognitive Atrophy & Existential Risks #ai #ainews
Uploaded: 2026-03-27T14:14:21+00:00
Duration: 2 s
Channel: Joe Fier
Description: Joe Fier and a guest discuss how relying on AI for problem-solving can weaken your own thinking, and why existential risks from AI controlling warfare…

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Joe Fier and a guest discuss how relying on AI for problem-solving can weaken your own thinking, and why existential risks from AI controlling warfare systems may be underestimated. One study ranked AI existential risk at the bottom of a hierarchy, yet models show AI often defaults to nuclear conflict when controlling critical systems.

Look at number 4, cognitive atrophy.
Yes. That's probably for me. That's probably my, like, that would be my number 1 at the moment. And we talked about sometimes I find I lean on AI too much to help me with stuff that I get to the point where when I'm not using AI, I'm like, how do I think through this problem? Oh, I'm just going to go ask AI. Like my, like it does actually impact your ability to like think through problems and things.
I'm surprised that existential risk is at the very bottom. And what? That study came out about the whole, okay, well, if AIs are in control of, you know, wars and whatnot, they all revert to nuclear war.