But as the job market cools and the Trump administration pushes to make the United States<\/a> the \u201cAI capital of the world,\u201d there are many more issues unfolding in the future of AI.\u00a0<\/p>\n Creativity slumps<\/p>\n The content created by AI doesn\u2019t come out of nowhere. In order to make the slop that\u2019s haunting our social media feeds, AI programs need to learn from preexisting content\u2014meaning that are often blatantly ripping off artists and musicians to recreate lifeless versions of what was already made.<\/p>\n In March, artwork imitating Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki began circulating online<\/a>. With ChatGPT, people could make their own artwork in a nearly identical style. And more recently, artists like Paul McCartney and Max Richter have joined a protest against AI in the creative industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe government\u2019s proposals would impoverish creators, favoring those automating creativity over the people who compose our music, write our literature, paint our art,\u201d Richter said in a statement<\/a> obtained by The Guardian.\u00a0<\/p>\n And he\u2019s not wrong. Over the summer, an AI-generated band garnered more than 1 million streams<\/a> of one of its songs.\u00a0<\/p>\n Critical thinking plummets<\/p>\n Programs like ChatGPT and Gemini may be coming for our minds.\u00a0<\/p>\n In a recent MIT Media Lab study<\/a>, people aged 18 to 39 were instructed to write<\/a> several SAT essays. Some people were given the option to use AI, while others either had the option of using Google\u2019s search engine or nothing at all. Ultimately, those who used AI were found to have the lowest brain activity.<\/p>\n \u201c[AI] users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels,\u201d the study found.<\/p>\n And with AI being implemented in schools, the line between cheating and assisting<\/a> is constantly being blurred. But it\u2019s not just in educational spaces.\u00a0<\/p>\n The way everyday people obtain information has also shifted. Instead of libraries or even searching through online databases or journalistic resources, programs like ChatGPT neatly compile information.<\/p>\n In a July Pew Research Center study<\/a>, internet users conducting Google searches with the help of the company\u2019s AI Overviews tool almost never clicked on the links that were cited and instead simply read what AI spat out at them and moved on.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mental health takes a nosedive<\/p>\n ChatGPT has taken on many roles\u2014including that of therapist.<\/p>\n According to a peer-reviewed paper<\/a> from researchers at Sentio University and the University of Illinois of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, approximately 48% of people who reported mental health challenges used AI for support.\u00a0<\/p>\n Despite benefits it may provide to some, the dark sides to AI\u2019s unregulated chatbots<\/a> have already claimed some lives. Reports of AI-assisted suicide<\/a> have continued to pop up across the United States<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n But as concerns grow, Trump has given a\u00a0golden ticket<\/a> to AI billionaires\u2014even as their products boost suicidal ideation among already vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n Workers lose out<\/p>\n Trump has proudly worn \u201cAmerica first\u201d on his sleeve for quite some time, bragging about how his brazen tariffs<\/a> will bring money back to Americans and how freezing critical foreign aid<\/a> will divert more funds to the United States.<\/p>\n But his \u201cAmerica first\u201d approach seems to fall apart when it comes to AI replacing U.S. workers. Amazon has already laid off 14,000 people<\/a>, and Duolingo laid off 10% of its contract employees<\/a>.<\/p>\n But the people expected to suffer the most are those new to the workforce. A recent survey<\/a> found that 62% of UK employers expect that entry-level positions\u2014in addition to clerical, managerial, and administrative roles\u2014will likely be replaced with AI.<\/p>\n![\"FILE](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25086651103927.jpg\" "\\"FILE")
\nHayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli<\/p>\n![\"FILE](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25217544741949.jpg\" "\\"FILE")
\nA teenager looks through their ChatGPT history in a coffee shop on July 15.<\/p>\n