Why That Viral AI Statistic Might Be More Hype Than Science
Forbes·2025-10-09 02:13
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Office paper trays, In tray overflowing, Out tray with smaller pile. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)Retrofile/Getty ImagesIn the last year alone, you’ve probably seen headlines like:“ChatGPT rots your brain!”“95% of AI deployments fail!”Provocative? Yes. Accurate? Not quite.Both claims come from legitimate research efforts from teams associated with MIT. But what the public has absorbed from these studies isn’t evidence. It’s a hyped, out-of-context narrat ...