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Is it time to measure cognitive stunting?
English Summary
The Brookings report argues that overreliance on generative AI poses a risk of 'cognitive stunting' in children, a condition where the lack of effortful thinking opportunities prevents the development of essential cognitive skills. This risk is evidenced by the fact that AI allows students to shortcut the necessary struggle and practice required for deep learning, leading to diminished critical thinking and neural engagement. Policy implications suggest that policymakers must treat this issue like physical stunting, necessitating the development of systematic, age-normed measures to track cognitive development in relation to AI use. Ultimately, the report calls for congressional action to establish a clear measurement framework and guide AI developers to support, rather than replace, the learning process.
中文摘要
布魯金斯智庫的報告指出，過度依賴生成式AI可能導致兒童出現「認知遲滯」（cognitive stunting）的風險。此症狀的特點是缺乏需要費力思考的機會，從而阻礙了基本認知技能的發展。報告提出，此風險的證據在於AI使學生得以繞過深度學習所需的必要掙扎與實踐，進而導致批判性思維和神經參與度（neural engagement）的下降。政策層面的啟示是，政策制定者必須將此問題視為類似於體能遲滯，有必要建立系統性、符合年齡標準的衡量指標，以追蹤與AI使用相關的認知發展狀況。最終，該報告呼籲國會採取行動，建立明確的衡量框架，並指導AI開發者應支持而非取代學習過程。
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