{"id":189631,"date":"2026-02-22T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/is-artificial-intelligence-a-helpful-tool-or-the-cause-of-our-downfall-the-foothill-dragon-press\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:15:08","slug":"is-artificial-intelligence-a-helpful-tool-or-the-cause-of-our-downfall-the-foothill-dragon-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/is-artificial-intelligence-a-helpful-tool-or-the-cause-of-our-downfall-the-foothill-dragon-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Artificial Intelligence a helpful tool or the cause of our downfall? \u2013 The Foothill Dragon Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foothilldragonpress.org\/290454\/a-latest\/opinion-is-artificial-intelligence-a-helpful-tool-or-the-cause-of-our-downfall\/\">Is Artificial Intelligence a helpful tool or the cause of our downfall? \u2013 The Foothill Dragon Press<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foothilldragonpress.org\/290454\/a-latest\/opinion-is-artificial-intelligence-a-helpful-tool-or-the-cause-of-our-downfall\/\">https:\/\/foothilldragonpress.org\/290454\/a-latest\/opinion-is-artificial-intelligence-a-helpful-tool-or-the-cause-of-our-downfall\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-22 10:06:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"foothilldragonpress.org\">foothilldragonpress.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Evolving Dependence on AI<\/strong>: Generative AI (GenAI) began as a helpful tool for simple tasks but is increasingly used for inappropriate purposes, threatening critical human thinking and decision-making.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Brain Connectivity Decline<\/strong>: MIT research indicates reduced brain connectivity when using AI tools like ChatGPT for writing assignments, suggesting a detrimental impact on cognitive abilities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Negative Impact on Education<\/strong>: High school students are increasingly using GenAI for schoolwork, potentially impairing the development of the pre-frontal cortex responsible for cognitive abilities and decision-making.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Lack of Critical Skills<\/strong>: GenAI lacks understanding of emotion, creativity, and moral judgment, potentially undermining genuine learning and critical thinking in students.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Environmental Concerns<\/strong>: The heavy energy consumption and carbon emissions from AI, such as those from training GPT-3 models, contribute to climate change and waste of freshwater resources.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These points highlight both the cognitive and environmental risks associated with over-reliance on GenAI.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Artificial Intelligence a helpful tool or the cause of our downfall? \u2013 The Foothill&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":189632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"http:\/\/foothilldragonpress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_2018-12-19-The-Foothill-Dragon-Press.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20,19],"class_list":["post-189631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-generative-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189631"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189633,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189631\/revisions\/189633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}