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How to stop AI from killing your critical thinking Chatbots might help you get work done faster — but at what cost? When we outsource our reasoning to artificial intelligence, we reduce ourselves to "middle managers for our own thoughts," says AI and design researcher Advait Sarkar. He examines the cognitive trade-offs of using AI at work and intr...

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MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users and the results are terrifying. I've actually thought similar things over the years. While AI may be making us more productive in certain ways, it's making heavy users cognitively bankrupt. Here's what 4 months of data revealed.

1) 83.3% of ChatGPT users couldn't quote from essays they wrote minutes earlier. Let that sink in. You write something, hit save, and your brain has already forgotten it because ChatGPT did the thinking.

2) Brain scans revealed the damage: neural connections collapsed from 79 to just 42. That's a 47% reduction in brain connectivity. If your computer lost half its processing power, you'd call it broken. That's what's happening to ChatGPT users' brains.

3) Teachers didn't know which essays used AI, but they could feel something was wrong. Soulless. Empty with regard to content. Close to perfect language while failing to give personal insights. The human brain can detect cognitive debt even when it can't name it.

Here's the terrifying part. When researchers forced ChatGPT users to write without AI, they performed worse than people who never used AI at all. It's not just dependency. It's cognitive atrophy.

Like a muscle that's forgotten how to work.

The MIT team used EEG brain scans on 54 participants for 4 months. They tracked alpha waves (creative processing), beta waves (active thinking), and neural connectivity patterns.

This isn't opinion. It's measurable brain damage from AI overuse. The productivity paradox nobody talks about:

Yes, ChatGPT makes you 60% faster at completing tasks.

But it reduces the "germane cognitive load" needed for actual learning by 32%. You're trading long-term brain capacity for short-term speed.

Companies celebrating AI productivity gains are unknowingly creating cognitively weaker teams. Employees become dependent on tools they can't live without, and less capable of independent thinking.

Many recent studies underscore the same problem, including the one by Microsoft.

MIT researchers call this "cognitive debt" - like technical debt, but for your brain. Every shortcut you take with AI creates interest payments in lost thinking ability.

And just like financial debt, the bill comes due eventually.

But there's good news.

Because session 4 of the study revealed something interesting.

People with strong cognitive baselines showed HIGHER neural connectivity when using AI than chronic users. But, chronic AI users forced to work without it? They performed worse than people who never used AI at all.

The solution isn't to ban AI. It's to use it strategically.

The choice is yours. Build cognitive debt and become an AI dependent. Or build cognitive strength and become an AI multiplier.

The first brain scan study of AI users just showed us the stakes. Choose wisely.

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The brain is the body's most complex organ.
1. There are around 86 billion neurons in the human brain, all of which are in use.
2. Each neuron communicates with many other neurons to form circuits and share information.
3.Proper nervous system function involves coordinated action of neurons in many brain regions.
4. The nervous system influences and is influenced by all other body systems (e.g., cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal and immune systems).
5. Humans have a complex nervous system that evolved from a simpler one.

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Happy Wednesday from TEXAS! Donna O. Johnson Mackey

Take a break, take a breather, and take a step forward this month... Meaningful May!

QT, a newly developed social robot, is successful at helping children with learning disabilities stay focused on their school work.

Engineering researchers at the University of Waterloo says the robot makes positive contributions to the classroom and learning environment for those with learning disabilities.

Source: University of Waterloo

https://neurosciencenews.com/qt-social-robot-learning-22539/

Donna O. Johnson Mackey

QT, a newly developed social robot, is successful at helping children with learning disabilities stay focused on their school work. Engineering researchers at the University of Waterloo says the robot makes positive contributions to the classroom and learning environment for those with learning disabilities. Source: University of Waterloo https://neurosciencenews.com/qt-social-robot-learning-22539/ @donnao.johnsonmackey @drycchen

【 DK分享：Carol Dweck 心態致勝 】

Carol Dweck 是史丹佛心理學教授
她花了十幾年做研究，提出「心態致勝」的成功心理學

她認為：
一個人是否成功並非在出生時就決定
“心態” 是影響個人學習、成長
人際關係、終身成就、人生道路的最重要關鍵

定型心態的人 (Fixed Mindset)：
容易自我設限
認為成功來自天賦，無法後天培養
以成績論成敗，相信不夠聰明就無法成功

成長心態的人 (Growth Mindset) ：
願意擁抱挑戰、批評與挫折
相信成功並非靠運氣或天賦
專注培養自己的技能和能力，從努力中學習

Carol Dweck 強調心態的培養應該從小開始，
家長、教師應該要引導孩子、塑造對的成長心態

這兩個心態也是大眾與大師的心態差別
大眾會怕犯錯
大師相信不斷地犯錯才有機會成功..

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歡迎追蹤：David龔的換位思考
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sharing an interesting article on "seeing colors"

My Sudden Synesthesia: How I Went Blind and Started Hearing Colors Recovering from suddenly losing her vision, Vanessa Potter experienced a mingling of her senses and altered the way in which she saw colors.