Recent studies conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have shown that the use of the popular chatbot ChatGPT negatively affects human cognitive abilities. The results indicate that excessive reliance on artificial intelligence leads to a significant decrease in mental activity and memory deterioration.
During the experiment, it was found that neural activity in users who actively used neural networks decreased from 79 to 42 points, which is almost 47%. Furthermore, 83.3% of participants who used AI for writing texts could not recall a single phrase of their own after a few minutes. In contrast, those who worked without the help of neural networks demonstrated high concentration and good memory.
Scientists also noted an interesting "paradox of efficiency": ChatGPT allows tasks to be completed 60% faster, but at the same time, cognitive load decreases by 32%. This creates a long-term effect, as even after stopping work with AI, the brains of participants continued to show reduced activity compared to those who did not use neural networks. Essays created with the help of algorithms, while technically correct, were often characterized by experts as "soulless" and "robotic."
Based on the data obtained, scientists concluded that AI has not become a catalyst for a mass intellectual breakthrough. In reality, in the modern world, a person no longer needs to think intensively for survival — the thinking process is turning into an exclusive prerogative of the "creative human." Without a conscious approach, the use of AI can lead to billions of people becoming passive consumers of content with weakening cognitive functions.
The main conclusion of the scientists is that AI should serve as an assistant, not a replacement for human thinking. The best results were shown by those users who first developed their skills without the help of neural networks and then used the technology to optimize their existing knowledge.
