Researchers have conducted another study about AI and its effects on the human brain. The results were grim.

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/50596810

“We find that AI assistance improves immediate performance, but it comes at a heavy cognitive cost,” the study declares. Researchers went on to state that just ten minutes of using AI made people dependent on the technology, which led to worsening performance and burnout once the tools were removed.

The study followed people who use AI for “reasoning-intensive” cognitive labor. This refers to stuff like writing, coding and brainstorming new ideas, which are some of the most common use cases.

  • smeg@infosec.pubEnglish
    15·
    5 months ago

    It should be categorized as a drug for being harmful to humans brains, and the techbro CEOs who push it should be jailed as manufacturers and dealers.

    • vividspecter@aussie.zone
      6·
      5 months ago

      Another thing I noticed recently is how many people can’t even go for a walk without looking down at their phone the entire time. I get that carrying a phone is pretty essential for most people, but people used to at least keep it in their pockets. Now they are either carrying it in their hands or actively looking at.

      Actually, I wonder if the size of phones now is worsening the problem because they are too big to fit in their pockets? Probably a secondary cause though I suspect.

    • mabeledo@lemmy.world
      4·
      5 months ago

      Are we comfortable saying that “people using LLMs solve more issues” than those who don’t? Because, clearly, they don’t. Parroting a solution back is not solving it, in the same way running the 100m dash on a motorcycle isn’t a demonstration of athleticism.