Note: this lemmy post was originally titled MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline and linked to this article, which I cross-posted from this post in !fuck_ai@lemmy.world.
Someone pointed out that the “Science, Public Health Policy and the Law” website which published this click-bait summary of the MIT study is not a reputable publication deserving of traffic, so, 16 hours after posting it I am editing this post (as well as the two other cross-posts I made of it) to link to MIT’s page about the study instead.
The actual paper is here and was previously posted on !fuck_ai@lemmy.world and other lemmy communities here.
Note that the study with its original title got far less upvotes than the click-bait summary did 🤡
It’s more problematic now, though. Writing something down recorded exactly what was inscribed; LLMs don’t actually think, but rather guess, far too frequently with disastrous results.
Writing things down to extend our secondary memory gave us more time to think; losing the ability to think defeats the entire purpose.
Oh no, undoubtedly, you’re 100% right. I’m just pointing out there’s precedent.