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Shubhangi Goel @ Business Insider · today 00:01 EDT

DeepMind's CEO says using AI can make you a genius — or hurt your critical thinking skills

The DeepMind CEO said that AI is like the internet — people can use it to learn all kinds of topics, or use it in ways that "degrade" their thinking.

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