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 🤡

  • surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

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

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      6 days ago

      Seems like you’ve made the point succinctly.

      Don’t lean on a calculator if you want to develop your math skills. Don’t lean on an AI if you want to develop general cognition.