The Evolving AI-Brain Relationship: Are Humans Losing It?

MIT Media Lab study claims using LLM for tasks like essay writing significantly reduced brain connectivity and memory recall, potentially leading to cognitive debt and impeded critical thinking.

Imagine sitting down to write an essay, your thoughts flowing, your brain actively connecting ideas. Now, picture doing the same task, but with an AI assistant doing much of the heavy lifting. So, is AI making us humans lazy, or liberating our minds?

This has been the focus of some studies in the past. Now, a new one from MIT Media Lab offers yet anothe…