Comment on Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task

systemglitch@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Weslee@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Do you use a calculator?

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  • My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Slide rule

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    • Typhoonigator@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Abacus

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      • My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Beans in a clay pot

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  • systemglitch@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I usually try doing it in my head first. I use paper if it is available. I use a calculator when I don’t have time, or fail at the first two steps.

    I noticed my number skills were deteriorating without proper use, and I found that alarming. I’m still weaker than I used to be, but not as bad as I was.

    It’s just important to think for ones self when one can. The brain is a muscle that atrophies without use.

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    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Maybe you number skills are fading because you waste your time and energy on pointless computations. Maybe they just fade with time…

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      • deur@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Your brain is weirdly unhappy with the concept of other brains doing math. Nice!

        The brainpower involved in mental math is just real-time factorization and otherwise general application of the rules of arithmatic. It’s no waste, it’s just a well practiced set of pathways that take annoying math and make it friendly. It takes at most 2 seconds to know if it’s time to use a calculator.

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• Bags@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I've actually taken note of my navigational skills over the last couple years... I grew up in one state, and then a few years after graduating college, moved to a different state. When I was growing up, phone navigation didn't really exist as it does now, cars didn't have built-in navigation, and standalone navigation devices were slow and not all that great (at least the ones I could afford).

  I find that when I return home, even 10 years later, I am able to navigate all the places I used to go unaided with ease, back-roads, niche routes, able to travel for hours without getting "lost".

  When I moved, though, I had very recently gotten my first smartphone, and google maps was very convenient to "learn" the new area. I ended up just continuing to use navigation since it was convenient. I've found that beyond the major main routes, I don't have the same kind of "built-in" navigational skill that I do for my original home-turf. I never really learned the area.

  I am moving towards a smart-phone-less life, and I've been able to let go of a lot, but GPS navigation remains a sticking point. I need to start training myself to navigate unaided in my current area.

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  • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I drive via landmarks and signs a lot of the time. Makes you feel more connected to where you live.

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  • taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I like this analogy and generally avoid using GPS (admittedly it’s out of laziness lol). The most insane part to me is I live where everything is on a grid and somehow people are still impressed I can figure out how to get places, even without having been there. GPS brain is real.

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• veeesix@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I do something similar except I’ll stop using my GPS if I’ve driven the route multiple times.

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  • AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think that is a good compromise, or maybe doing it just for your own local area and regular commute routes.

    While I get the appeal in general, I don’t know if I want to go back to planning out a route with maps when driving to far-away unfamiliar locations.

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    • systemglitch@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Roads trips I’m willing to compromise on, but not my home city. That’s the one place I should know like the back of my hand.

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    • veeesix@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Depends on the complexity of the route. When I visit my parents in another city (5-6 hour drive) I write down the intersections/exit numbers to look out for on a sticky note I leave on the dashboard.

      I guess if you wanted to get detailed you could include the distance then as you drive do the mental math as an activity for yourself.

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      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        For long drives I have maps up mostly to alert me for traffic. Even if I know the route.

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• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Your brain doesn’t have real time traffic information.

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• Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I use them to find a new route. I’ll try and drive back on memory. After that I should be able to find it on my own

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