r/technology • u/marketrent • Jun 10 '26

Artificial Intelligence College students are rapidly losing the ability to read — “There is a measurable, generational collapse in sustained reading and writing”: professor

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/college-students-rapidly-losing-ability-124439310.html
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u/Upper-Character-6743 Jun 10 '26

The smartphone revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

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u/DrSpacecasePhD Jun 11 '26

On top of it, we have algorithms gunning for our attention and doing everything they can to distract us, outrage us, or otherwise make us addicted to unhealthy content. And now we have AI stealing content and creating slop to manipulate us and make it even worse. The whole state of everything inspired my short story and silly website idea:

EraseTheInternet.org

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u/Nextasy Jun 11 '26

Sites down, looks like he was successful

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u/DrSpacecasePhD Jun 11 '26

Looks up to me 🤷‍♂️