AI Dependence Makes Us Dumber, but That’s Not the Worst Thing About It

Andrew McDiarmid, Artificial Intelligence, baked salmon, ChatGPT, Chicago Tribune, Complexity, Computational Sciences, computer assistance, Copilot, createdness, Creativity, Engineering, Gemini, Grok, human exceptionalism, humans, living systems, Nikolai Berdyaev, salmon, scientists
I realized this when I found myself, not for the first time, asking Grok to remind me again how long to bake salmon at 400 degrees. Source
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Appreciating Bird Mimicry and the Other Exceptional, Designed Talents

Arctic terns, bird mimicry, birds, brain, budgerigars, camera rotation, Clover, cockatiels, combat aircraft, Current Biology, drones, Duke University, Evolution, flight recordings, hummingbird, Intelligent Design, keas, Live Science, lovebirds, lyrebird, Medical Xpress, migration, mimicry, mockingbird, Neuroscience & Mind, newlyweds, odor map, odors, parakeets, parrots, phytoplankton, PLOS ONE, salmon, smells, stabilization, starlings, vocabulary, vocal apparatus, wind directions, zoologists
Let the reader enjoy the 350+ word vocabulary of Clover, alleged to be the best talking parrot in the world.  Source
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