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Dependence on AI makes human brains less nimble, MIT professor says (https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/ai-use-congnitive-atrophy-mit-professor-10-15-26)
AI is taking advantage of the brain's natural tendency to conserve mental effort and seek instant gratification, creating a feedback loop in which people increasingly turn to chatbots for even the simplest of tasks, MIT professor Eric So argues.
https://www.weforum.org/stories/wellbeing-and-mental-health/ai-brain-mental-health/
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Q&A: The “collision” between AI, your brain, and society (https://news.mit.edu/2026/collision-between-ai-your-brain-and-society-eric-so-book-1015)
Heavy use of artificial intelligence can lead to a kind of cognitive atrophy, in which people fail to develop and retain essential thinking skills, MIT Professor Eric So contends in his book, “The Collision: What AI does to Us.”