Tag: Winston Smith (1984 character)

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 9, 2026

Categorized
Censorship, Education, Large Language Models (LLMs)

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The Surest Way to Squelch Intellectual Freedom: Make It Impossible

_{As reading and writing skills plummet, the chatbot may turn out to be a bigger enemy of intellectual freedom than the censor} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 9, 2026

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Censorship, Education, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

Automated writing leads to a decline in intellectual skills for the same reasons as automated walking would lead to a decline in motor skills.