08/05/2025
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🧠 MIT’s New Study on ChatGPT Is Raising Alarms.
Is AI making us smarter — or just *faster and emptier?
In a first-of-its-kind brain scan study, MIT researchers tracked people using AI (specifically tools like ChatGPT) over four months. And the findings? They’re sobering.
📉 *Brain engagement dropped by 47%*.
📉 *Memory retention plummeted*.
📉 *Users couldn’t recall what they’d just written*.
💬 “Technically clean, but emotionally flat,” educators said of the AI-assisted writing.
Sure, it was fast. But it lacked soul. Lacked thought. Lacked you.
The worst part?
Even after people stopped using AI, the effects lingered.
Brains stayed duller. Memory stayed weaker. Thinking stayed shallower.
But here’s the twist 👉
The group that used **no AI at first — and then introduced it later — had the strongest results.
They remembered more, thought more deeply, and produced better work.
So what’s the takeaway?
AI is an incredible tool. But it’s just that — a tool.
Use it like a partner, not a crutch.
Let it support your thinking, not *replace* it.
Because in the race for speed, we can’t afford to lose our minds.
