The Deep View: RESPONSIBLE AIIs AI weakening creativity, human connections?

Posted on September 24, 2025 by michelleclarke2015
 RESPONSIBLE AIIs AI weakening creativity, human connections?

AI may be growing increasingly prevalent in daily life, but concerns remain as to its effect on our minds and relationships.A new Pew Research Center report surveyed more than 5,000 adults in the U.S. and found that a significant majority are more concerned than excited about the rise of AI. The most common concern: weakening human skills and connections.Findings show that: 53% of Americans believe AI will worsen people’s ability to think creatively, 50% believe AI will erode people’s ability to form meaningful relationships. Only 10% said they’re more excited than concerned about AI’s use.

Younger adults were particularly skeptical, with 61% of those under 30 stating that AI would impact people’s creativity and 58% noting that it would affect relationships.The inability to develop crucial skills such as curiosity and problem-solving, as well as lagging regulatory standards, were also highlighted.“The technology will advance rapidly and outpace our ability to anticipate outcomes. It will therefore be extremely difficult to implement and deploy risk management strategies, plans, policies and legislation to mitigate the upheaval that AI has the real potential to unleash on every member of our society.” Survey respondent

Despite this overall cynicism, three-quarters of respondents still said they would use AI for daily tasks as long as it was for analytical rather than personal matters.Many also welcomed its efficiency gains, with 41% of those who rated AI’s benefits highly highlighting time savings as a key benefit.“AI… it allows us to save something we can never get back: time,” one respondent said.The findings show a clear message: Americans are generally open to AI for practical use cases, but uneasy about it replacing what makes us human. As one respondent noted: “as annoying and troublesome as hardships and obstacles can be, I believe the experience of encountering these things and overcoming them is essential to forming our character.”
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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