Why Everyone's Getting Dumber
45sTaps into the viral 'reverse Flynn effect' debate with a provocative claim about declining intelligence.
βΆ Play Clip"The title is vague but the content delivers on the promise of AI infecting education, though it's padded with commentary."
The video discusses the growing prevalence of AI-generated misinformation in children's education, citing a specific incident where a school distributed an agenda filled with AI hallucinations. The creator argues that this trend, combined with unrestricted internet access, is actively harming children's ability to learn and develop.
The Flynn effect, which observed a steady increase in IQ across generations, is now reversing, with newer generations showing a decline in cognitive measurements. This is often misrepresented, but there is evidence that children today are not getting access to correct information.
Many parents are not taking an active role in their children's lives, instead giving them unrestricted internet access, which leads to exposure to 'brain rot' content on platforms like TikTok. This is compounded by figures like Sam Altman advocating for using AI to raise kids.
A JCPS middle school gave students an agenda filled with AI-generated errors, such as mislabeled US states (e.g., Kentucky as 'Convey', Tennessee as 'Tunisio') and a garbled periodic table. The agenda was provided to students, and no one at the school checked the content.
Parents are charged a $10 instructional fee for the agenda, which is AI-generated and contains incorrect information. This is described as 'diabolical' and 'dangerous' because it betrays the trust parents place in schools to educate their children accurately.
After the issue was reported, the district told teachers to have students rip out pages 19-36 of the agenda. The district only emailed parents after kids came home with lighter agendas, and they did not respond to questions about other schools or the company that made the agendas.
The creator questions whether this is an isolated incident, suggesting that other schools may be using AI-generated materials. The over-reliance on AI in education is seen as a betrayal of trust that actively harms children's learning and development.
The video concludes that AI-generated misinformation is infiltrating all aspects of children's lives, including schools, making it nearly impossible for them to learn and develop properly. The creator emphasizes that this is not the children's fault but a systemic failure by adults and institutions.
What is the reverse Flynn effect?
A decline in cognitive measurements in newer generations compared to previous ones, reversing the trend of increasing IQ.
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What specific errors were found in the JCPS middle school agenda?
Mislabeled US states (e.g., Kentucky as 'Convey', Tennessee as 'Tunisio'), a garbled periodic table, and incorrect moon phases.
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How much did parents pay for the AI-generated agenda?
A $10 instructional fee every year.
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What did the school tell teachers to do after the errors were reported?
Have students rip out pages 19-36 of the agenda before heading home.
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Who is Sam Altman and what does he advocate for?
Sam Altman is a tech figure who advocates for using AI to raise kids, including generating podcasts and calendars.
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Reverse Flynn Effect
Provides a scientific context for the decline in cognitive abilities, grounding the argument in a recognized phenomenon.
00:28AI-Generated Agenda Errors
Concrete example of AI hallucinations in educational materials, showing the real-world impact of unchecked AI use.
02:16Charging for AI Slop
Highlights the ethical issue of charging parents for AI-generated content that is incorrect, a betrayal of trust.
05:53School's Response
Reveals the school's attempt to cover up the issue by having students rip out pages, showing a lack of accountability.
08:46Wider Implications
Suggests this is not an isolated incident, raising concerns about the broader use of AI in education.
10:36[00:02] gloom, ba humbug. Everyone's getting stupider. All the idiot beams and [ __ ] potion that's contaminating our our brains, you know, rotting us. Everyone's
[00:14] just dumber. And then the conversation around the Flynn effect which was about the steady increase in IQ and cognitive performance where what you expect is as generations come they are increasingly smarter than the previous generation due
[00:28] to having more access to information and learning from the previous generation. But in recent times there's been a reverse Flynn effect where now there is showing a decline in cognitive measurements with the newest generation
[00:40] compared to the previous one. And a lot of times this kind of stuff gets misrepresented or exaggerated or just actually [ __ ] pulled out of their ass and is not even based on anything real. But I do think there is a strong
[00:52] arguments with compelling evidence to suggest that kids growing up in the current day and age are not getting access to correct information and are just inundated with goblygook. And in a lot of cases, it's not their fault.
[01:07] There are tons of parents now that don't really take an active role in their children's lives and instead put the onus on the internet to raise their kids for them and then are shocked to find them on like brain rot Tik Tok even
[01:21] though they just give them unrestricted unfiltered access to the worldwide web. And even someone like Sam Alman continues to reinforce this path about continues to reinforce this path about like well use AI to raise your kids.
[01:34] Have it make AI generated podcasts and calendars so you don't have to talk to your kids blabber on about it. I couldn't even imagine raising my baby couldn't even imagine raising my baby without AI doing it for me. So kids are
[01:46] finding access to the internet and just getting fed so much garbage and a lot of it is incorrect. Especially because in the current day and age, there is a lot of AI slop and a lot of just completely wrong, madeup stuff that is solely there
[01:59] to farm clicks and impressions and isn't real. But it's not even just that. Take a look at this alarming story I just learned about about a school that gave the students an agenda that was just rife with AI generated mumbo jumbo, none
[02:16] of it being real. Well, I bet you've never seen this US map before where Kentucky is convey, Indiana is Enol, Lano, and Tennessee is Tunisio, and the list goes on. Well, this was in the agenda given to students at a JCPS
[02:31] middle school. When Stacy Morris's son got in the car after the first day of expect. >> Mom, did you know that we live in Vani? >> That's just heartbreaking. So, here's a
[02:44] kid who seems excited about learning things, taking it to his mom, only to find out it's a lie. It's not real. So, this school provided their students with an AI generated agenda pulled straight from the devil's colon here. Just actual
[03:00] hallucinations, none of it being accurate to real information. So, it's not just kids having unrestricted access to the internet that's making them like get fed incorrect [ __ ] and leading them astray, but even the schools now can't
[03:15] accurate information or even doing the bare minimum of checking the material that they're giving students. How did this agenda even make it into the students hands in the first place? Did no one at the school, at the advisory
[03:28] board, at the district, anywhere along the way, the people printing it, no one bothered to actually look at what was being handed out, what was being [ __ ] together for these agendas. No one even took a single look. Or even worse, maybe
[03:41] they did and didn't care. Or even worse than that, maybe they did and didn't recognize it, didn't even realize it. All of it is bad. So how can we even expect children to have a chance at getting smarter and learning when at all
[03:55] angles of their life they are getting fed [ __ ] barnacles just actual fish paste here online it's a bunch of AI generated garbage to farm AdSense on
[04:07] YouTube Tik Tok a lot of the same song and dance and even school is no longer exempt from this they are now just force-feeding AI generated garbage too curriculum looks like. Like this was the agenda, but maybe the professor, like
[04:24] the teacher is also just going by like an AI generated curriculum that is feeding potentially incorrect information there too to the children. in the classrooms here, what they're being handed in the classrooms isn't
[04:38] accurate information. So, how the [ __ ] do they even stand a chance at, you do they even stand a chance at, you know, developing normally and like learning and becoming intelligent or anything like that when they are at all
[04:52] angles betrayed and sabotaged? >> And I said, "What are you talking >> That question sent Morris flipping through her middle schooler at Farnsley's brand new agenda, unveiling all sorts of bizarre errors. The
[05:06] all sorts of bizarre errors. The periodic table is just jarbled words. We have new planets called mark. >> In this US map, Louisiana is Lukong, >> In this US map, Louisiana is Lukong, Alabama is Alatome, Illinois is VTO, and
[05:20] South Carolina is North Quanto. >> Arizona is Arizona. I mean, Tennessee, there's there's not even the correct letters in Tennessee. >> It's just so baffling. Like there's infinite maps of the US. Like why even
[05:38] AI generate one of those periodic table as well? Unlimited access to periodic tables and all kinds of fun wacky shapes and sizes with correct information on it. Why are you AI generating it? And not only that, they're charging for
[05:53] in a second. So you are paying the school for these agendas. What the [ __ ] Like this is outrageous. This is actually despicable. >> And look at these phases of the moon. Some are not legible. What should be
[06:08] Some are not legible. What should be waning crescent says waning crescine. And the periodic table where the names under the elements are gibberish. We have to pay a $10 instructional fee every year in order to get this agenda.
[06:23] So you're making us pay for something that you used AI for. That's kind of >> It's more than silly. I think it's downright diabolical and dangerous. You are paying them and they are giving you
[06:38] incorrect information to your children. You are sending your children to these schools with the trust that they will be taught. They will learn real accurate things that will help them in life, help them grow and develop. But instead, what
[06:54] you're paying for is AI generated [ __ ] baloney. like this. It's just hogwash and it hurts the kids. This hinders their ability to learn and develop. So, it's doing the exact
[07:10] opposite of what going to school is even supposed to do in the first place. It is actively making them dumber. It's just completely unacceptable. Just sending their kids to Brain Dead Academy now, I guess. And it's not the parents fault.
[07:23] It's not like they were expecting the school to just AI generate the agenda here that they're paying for and teaching their kids out of. It's so [ __ ] up and it's a complete betrayal of trust there that does harm the
[07:37] children. Like I would now question every single teacher at that school and certainly the higherups there because if they're not catching something as blatantly obvious as these issues that are glaring, they are instantly right in
[07:51] your face. incorrect information that you are blasted with in this agenda. And makes me question their ability to even teach in the first place. I wouldn't trust it. I truly wouldn't. I think this should be a much bigger deal than it's
[08:04] currently being reported as where it's more of like a weird silly thing as thing because I doubt that this is the only school doing it. This is probably just the only one that's been caught so far. So if kids are now just being, you
[08:18] know, trained through brain rot AI slop in their schools too, then it's only going to get worse for them. Like they don't even have a chance to grow or learn or become smart at any point. It's just it's sad.
[08:33] >> Morris notified the principal the first day of school. Still to this day, she the principal probably doesn't know how to respond to emails on their own, so they got to consult Claude first in order to drum up a response to that one.
[08:46] the principal. >> I reached out to JCPS Tuesday night. The district's executive officer of communication said, "I spoke with the school today about inaccuracies in their agenda, and they are communicating with
[08:59] parents about the issue." On Wednesday, nearly a week after Morris told the school, teachers got an email warning of a lot of mistakes between pages 19 and 36, ordering them to have students rip the pages out before heading home. Only
[09:15] after kids came home with lighter agendas did the district email parents information. >> This is not a misprint. >> Damn right it's not a misprint. That is just an AI generated agenda. They can't
[09:29] even be bothered to do the bare minimum of putting together an actual agenda with real verified correct information. They instead just have this over reliance on AI to live their life for them and do their job for them. That is
[09:41] the path things are going. And again, not to keep bringing up Voldemort's name, but it's something Sam Alman constantly champions about like letting AI, well, soon with the the next generation model, watch every single
[09:55] generation model, watch every single call, read every single email, watch way it can just do it for you down the line, offering advice, and basically just like running your businesses for you, all of that. People are now just
[10:08] fully bought into that. just like hook line and sinker all their eggs are in that basket where now even in a position of teaching children which is a very important thing you know ensuring that children are able to have accurate
[10:22] children are able to have accurate information and learn even that job is now just being delegated to having AI do it for them and it's leading to [ __ ] like this it's it's just craziness it's just craziness
[10:36] they were handing out to the students the school and district. >> And it makes you think, okay, was this the only school in Jefferson County that did this
[10:50] attention? >> So, I asked JCPS if other schools received these agendas and what company they were from. The district did not respond before this story aired. >> Wow. No surprise there that they're
[11:03] and just hope everything will blow over and people forget and then it'll no doubt just continue because they would rather have AI do it than then they can continue to charge for things that cost like [ __ ] zero
[11:19] dollars to make. Yeehaw. All to the detriment of the children whom they are supposed to be teaching. teaching. Wow, indeed. Yuck. So yeah, I know it
[11:33] everyone's getting stupider, you know, and kids are getting dumber or that kind of thing. And I do think like, yeah, you could make like a very valid argument there, but I don't think it's their fault. Like just look at this. How is a
[11:47] misinformation? It's not like they're they're not going to know. As a child, do you think all grown-ups are like a, you know, reliable source of information that isn't going to just like betray your trust or like, you know, do you
[12:02] harm in this way and going online cuz all these kids have access to the free-for-all there. Obviously, they're going to get inundated with bad information there. But you would expect like schools would at least be like a
[12:14] safe haven for accurate information, but no, not really, it seems. So, yeah, it really sucks. And also, even if you are one of the few parents out there, it seems it's very rare that isn't just letting your kids go, you know,
[12:28] rambunctious online with no supervision and you send your children to school, well, even there, they might still just be getting [ __ ] brain rot AI slop in for. So, even if you're doing everything right as a parent and you are sending
[12:41] them to a school, there's a chance that that might just also be a a place of misinformation too here with just AI generated garbage. Like, it's crazy, man. It's just it's so out of control. Anyway, just wanted to yap about it a
[12:57] Anyway, just wanted to yap about it a bit. That's it. See you.
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