Nvidia's Jensen Huang rips MIT study claiming AI makes people dumb, says 'As a CEO, I spend most...'

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Dismissing a recent MIT study that suggests Artificial Intelligence (AI) diminishes cognitive abilities,
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
has an astonishing claim saying that AI has actually improved his thinking skills. Huang, whose net worth soared $1 billion as the chipmaker joined the $4 trillion club, admitted he uses AI every day so that it could teach him something new.
In an interview to CNN, the
Nvidia
CEO said he used AI "literally everyday" and believes his "cognitive skills are actually advancing." "I haven't looked at their research yet, but I have to admit, I'm using AI literally every single day," Huang stated during the interview.
"I think my cognitive skills are actually advancing, and the reason for that is because I am not asking it to do the thinking for me."
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Jensen Huang said AI assists him in solving problems that he would not have been able to. He asks the AI tool, 'Are you sure this is the best answer you can provide?' and asserts that AI is making him smarter.
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A new study from researchers at MIT's Media study, which analyzed 54 subjects writing SAT essays using ChatGPT, Google Search, or no tools showed concerning results. Researchers used an EEG to record the writers' brain activity across 32 regions, and found that of the three groups, ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and 'consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. Over the course of several months, ChatGPT users got lazier with each subsequent essay, often resorting to copy-and-paste by the end of the study.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on MIT study
Challenging the study's methodology and questioning how participants are using AI tools, he said, "I am not exactly sure what people are using it for that would cause you to now not have to think," he told CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" that aired Sunday.
"But if you have the thing in order, for example, the idea of prompting an AI, the idea of asking questions... you're spending most of your time today asking me questions in order to ask good questions. It's a highly cognitive skill."
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He added, 'You know this is no different than getting three opinions. Three doctors' opinions. I do the same thing. I ask the same question to multiple AIs. And I ask them to compare each other's notes and then, you know, give me the best of all the answers.'
This methodology, according to Huang, actually strengthens analytical abilities rather than weakening them. "So I think that process of critiquing and critiquing the answers of your critical thinking enhances cognitive skills," he explained, offering direct advice to the MIT study participants: "Apply critical thinking."
'I'm not exactly sure what people are using it for that would cause you to not have to think, but you have to think. When I'm interacting with AI, it's a questioning system. You're asking it questions. In order to formulate good questions, you have to be thinking. You have to be analytical. You have to be reasoning yourself,' Huang further said.
'I think that process of critiquing, criticising, the answers, you know, critical thinking enhances cognitive skills. And so to all the people who were taking those tests, I would advise that they apply critical thinking,' he concluded.
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Stressing that AI should be used as a learning tool rather than a replacement for thinking, the Nvidia CEO said, "I'm asking it to teach me many things that I don't know or help me solve problems otherwise I wouldn't be able to solve reasonably or research."
Huang further that effective AI interaction requires sophisticated cognitive skills, particularly in formulating quality questions. "As a CEO, I spend most of my time asking questions, and 90% of my instructions are actually, you know, conflated with questions," Huang explained. "When I'm interacting with AI, it's a questioning system. You're asking a question, so I think that in order to formulate good questions, you have to be thinking, have to be analytical, reasoning yourself."