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Poll: Frequent AI chatbot users more likely to believe anti-vaccine myths— Poll finds use of AI tools for health advice is correlated with belief in vaccine falsehoods, such as shots causing autism (www.kff.org)
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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I think that’s definitely only a correlation. They’re both probably caused by lack of critical thinking and poor ability to assess risk.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 4 points 23 hours ago

Precisely. The AI is not causing people to be dumber, it's just dumber people use AI and also believe vaccine disinformation.