The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI

"Tim Metz is worried about the “Google Maps–ification” of his mind. Just as many people have come to rely on GPS apps to get around, the 44-year-old content marketer fears that he is becoming dependent on AI. He told me that he uses AI for up to eight hours each day, and he’s become particularly fond of Anthropic’s Claude. Sometimes, he has as many as six sessions running simultaneously. He consults AI for marriage and parenting advice, and when he goes grocery shopping, he takes photos of the fruits to ask if they are ripe. Recently, he was worried that a large tree near his house might come down, so he uploaded photographs of it and asked the bot for advice. Claude suggested that Metz sleep elsewhere in case the tree fell, so he and his family spent that night at a friend’s. Without Claude’s input, he said, “I would have never left the house.” (The tree never came down, though some branches did.)

Many people are becoming reliant on AI to navigate some of the most basic aspects of daily life. A colleague suggested that we might even call the most extreme users “LLeMmings”—yes, because they are always LLM-ing, but also because their near-constant AI use conjures images of cybernetic lemmings unable to act without guidance. For this set of compulsive users, AI has become a primary interface through which they interact with the world. The emails they write, the life decisions they make, and the questions that consume their mind all filter through AI first. “It’s like a real addiction,” Metz told me."

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BREAKING: Police are investigating possible ties between the Brown University shooting and the deadly attack on an MIT professor just days later.

Senior law enforcement officials tell Target 12 that federal, state and local authorities are now examining possible ties between the two crimes. Multiple people familiar with the investigation said they have discovered evidence showing the two may be linked.

The potential connection marks a shift in the investigation. Ted Docks, special agent in charge of the FBI Boston office, said at a briefing Tuesday that there “seems to be no connection” between the two shootings. The next briefing is scheduled to be held at 4 p.m. Thursday.

More details as this story develops: https://www.wpri.com/target-12/police-probe-potential-ties-between-brown-university-attack-and-mit-professor-slaying/

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Read more: https://lawenforcementtoday.com/feds-announce-targeted-review-of-minnesota-unemployment-snap-fraud

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DEVELOPING: Law enforcement sources tell Boston 25 reporter Bob Ward that the search for a suspect in the Brown University mass shooting and Brookline, MA murder of MIT professor is centered on Salem, New Hampshire.

A Boston 25 News photojournalist saw FBI agents and members of state police surrounding a location in Salem, NH, shortly before 7:00 p.m. Boston 25 News is choosing not to show images at this time to protect the investigation.

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🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: The Brown & MIT suspected shooter has been found DEAD via a self inflicted gunshot wound. - Fox News.

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