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Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task [edited post to change title and URL] (www.media.mit.edu)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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 🤡

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[–] veebee@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

I mean, that’s not surprising.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

What a ridiculous study. People who got AI to write their essay can’t remember quotes from their AI written essay? You don’t say?! Those same people also didn’t feel much pride over their essay that they didn’t write? Hold the phone!!! Groundbreaking!!!

Academics are a joke these days.

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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 3 days ago

Ok, if the ai knows

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (14 children)

And using a calculator isn’t as engaging for your brain as manually working the problem. What’s your point?

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You better not read audiobooks or learn form videos either. That's pure brianrot. Too easy.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Look at this lazy fucker learning trig from someone else, instead of creating it from scratch!

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You would learn quite a lot creating it from scratch.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

LoL. These damn kids! No one wants to re-invent the wheel anymore! Well, if you’re not duplicating the works of Hipparchus of Nicaea, you’re a lazy good for nothing!

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Damn, it'd be crazy if I actually said that.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

Oh, thank god you made sure to clarify you didn’t. Someone may have gotten confused!

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[–] simplejack@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago

Don’t worry scro

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