In their hubris what many fail to realise is that, a net/mind interface of information and the repetition of generationally alternating facts is a wholly different beast to knowledge and wisdom. For me, reflection, contemplation and empathy are the path to wisdom and as such are the nature of true intelligence, evolutionary intelligence.
Indeed as I wrote in a previous post: Even in the best case scenario of a benevolent artificial intelligence I often think about Sat Nav technology. I think about how within a generation the ability to read a road map will become a dying art. Just like how the advent of mobile phones has destroyed our capacity to remember numbers. From this perspective is it really that far-fetched to suggest that over time artificial intelligence will reduce the public’s capacity to think, question, debate and express thoughts and opinions that are contradictory to the hive mind. Because A.I knows best, doesn’t it?
Yeah, ppl trust too much in GPS and get lost often because they don't know where they are going, they just are told where to go and misunderstand as opposed to truly understanding where they are going because they know which roads to take. And yeah with looking up anything, who needs to think for themselves an remember or verify anything, jsut believe what you're told :/