Post #4452701

2026-08-08 19:25 UTC

“After just “10 minutes of AI-assisted problem-solving, people who lost access to the AI performed worse and gave up more frequently than those who never used it”. An MIT study showed that test groups who used ChatGPT had the lowest brain activity and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioural levels”. We undergo not just cognitive offloading, but cognitive surrender: we forget what was possible.” https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/aug/08/i-hate-what-ai-is-doing-to-the-minds-and-happiness-of-the-young-katherine-rundell-on-the-view-from-the-classroom #ai #cognitivedebt

Replies (7)

@Longspeak@bardicperspiration.club 2026-08-09 00:09

@RosannaSibora@fosstodon.org You know... this makes me wonder... I'm two years post stroke. I still have trouble with my right hand, especially my index finger. I keep defaulting to this awkward left-handed mouse, and I awkwardly type with only six fingers unless I REALLY force myself. Therapists tell me 'use it or lose it' is a real thing I need to be aware of. I wonder if this is a similar phenomenon.

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@KittenKoder@mastodon.social 2026-08-08 20:14

@RosannaSibora@fosstodon.org The youth who are using ai slop or have parents using ai slop are all losing hope. They aren't being allowed to actually live.

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@rokabe@mastodon.social 2026-08-08 20:40

@RosannaSibora@fosstodon.org As Euclid put it, there's 'no royal road to Geometry'... But now there's a slip-and-slide in the opposite direction.

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@crazy2bike@fediworld.de 2026-08-08 20:45

@RosannaSibora@fosstodon.org No surprise.

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@thisislieven@c.im 2026-08-08 21:17

@RosannaSibora@fosstodon.org I just don't understand how this is the gazillionth example of something that's forced into the world, we all know it's bad for us, our leaders know it too, and yet... Honestly, wtf are we doing?

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@andymoose@fedi.aiga.rocks 2026-08-08 22:17

@RosannaSibora@fosstodon.org @sjpurrs@mastodon.social This describes some of my coworkers to a tee.

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@ZanaGB@lgbtqia.space 2026-08-10 05:37

@RosannaSibora@fosstodon.org does anyone have the study?

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