Chatbots learned to write from us. Can AI now change the way we think?

As AI saturates the internet, researchers say it's changing the way we write — and, potentially, the way we think.

A recent report from online security platform Imperva found automated traffic surpassed human-generated activity online for the first time in 2024. While experts told CBC News it's impossible to say definitively whether that's accurate, they do note there's more AI online than ever before.

And as people increasingly turn to AI-powered chatbots in their everyday lives, experts suggest they're mimicking the language chatbots tend to use. Some worry this is creating a feedback loop that could shrink human creativity and potentially alter our thought processes.

"I do worry about the homogenization of language being the canary in the coal mine for the homogenization of though