Now we know why LANL managers live AI so much
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2551840/excessive-ai-use-may-lead-to-cognitive-decline-reveals-mit-study
Excessive AI use may lead to cognitive decline, reveals MIT study
Findings have vast practical implications such as decline in critical thinking, creativity, and independent reasoning
Brain scans taken during the experiment showed that LLM users exhibited weaker connections between brain regions associated with critical thinking and memory.
While their essays scored well in both human and AI evaluations — often praised for their coherence and alignment with the given prompt — the writing was also described as formulaic and less original.
Notably, those who used LLMs struggled to quote from or recall their own writing in subsequent sessions.
Their brain activity reportedly "reset" to a novice state regarding the essay topics, a finding that strongly contrasts with participants in the "brain-only" group, who retained stronger memory and demonstrated deeper cognitive engagement throughout.
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When I talk with scientists a number of say how AI is helpful but has not changed how they actually do science.
However when I talk to professors they often say there are now two kinds of students which are those that put in the effort and use google and things and a bit of AI to help them and the second are the out and out cheaters that just have AI do everything. The latter are not really leaning anything and also do not seem to care.
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