John Nosta

And I think that the answer is yes and no.

What I find interesting is the way Norman Rockwell responded when asked about the Lucy, the Lucy machine.

Now, keep in mind, no one talks about the Lucy.

That was his secret.

If you go to the Norman Rockwell Museum in Lenox, Massachusetts, don't ask them about the Lucy.

They get very angry.

They get very upset.

Because it's kind of like asking, did you write that essay or did ChatGPT write that essay?

It's that same social, cognitive, emotional dynamic that we're seeing play out here today.

So what Norman Rockwell said I thought was really interesting.

He said, the Lucy is a horrible machine and I'd be lost without it.

And I think to a certain degree, that's the delicate balance that we're seeing with large language models.

Do they cause cognitive offloading?

Well...

I don't know Erica's cell phone number, right?

I just type in her name.

I don't remember.

Do I need to remember it?

What is the appropriate level of cognitive offloading in our world?

If a medical student needs to know the second metabolic intermediary in the Krebs cycle, which happens to be 1,6-fructose diphosphate,