We’ve all been there — thumbs mid-air, staring at a suggested word that somehow nailed what we were trying to say. So we tap it. Obviously. But a new study suggests those little taps might be doing more than saving us a few seconds.
Research out of Cornell Tech, published this week in Science Advances, found that AI-powered autocomplete suggestions don’t just change how you write — they nudge how you actually think. And you won’t even notice it happening.
Tushar Mehta / Digital TrendsWhat did the research actually find?
Researchers ran two large-scale experiments with over 2,500 participants, asking them to write short essays on spicy societal topics — think death penalty, fracking, GMOs, voting rights for felons.
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