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Chatbots impair cognitive performance and persistence almost immediately, unlike the slower effects of earlier technologies such as smartphones

Drawn from what Cal Newport said

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discipline Doing the work when you do not feel like it: whether showing up is the whole secret, or systems and enjoyment beat willpower.

chat interfaces The text box as the way into a model: whether chat is the future of software or a terrible interface, and what replaces it.

What Cal Newport actually said

  1. Cal Newport Computer science professor at Georgetown and author of Deep Work
    We're accustomed to slow-moving techno-cognition trends such as the negative effects of ubiquitous smartphone usage, which took years to emerge in the data. With chatbots, the negative impact is immediate.

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