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Brain activity lower when using AI chatbots: MIT research

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Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/18/is_ai_changing_our_brains/

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  • Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And muscle activity is lower when using a car.

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    • FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Unless your driving a manual without power steering /s

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        How much ever do you put into changing gear. It really shouldn’t be that difficult are you definitely pressing the clutch down?

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  • ideonek@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    "... for task that can be completed sucesfully with copy-pasting output with little to no changes": the same not peer-reviewed MIT study published hasetly "to protect the children". We are better than this.

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  • zecg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So, if a computer is bicycle for the mind, llm can be viewed as combustion engine and the chatbot interface as a car. Hallucinations are accidents that can kill you (i.e. if you follow regurgitated reddit troll as health advice) and your mind’s muscles are wasting away.

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    • DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Actually AI is more a marketing scam than anything else.

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Ai is both a scam and going to take everyone’s jobs, depending on who you talk to.

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  • vane@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Brain neutral thinking.

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