According to the latest research by MIT researchers, artificial intelligence chatbots, such as Openai’s Chatgpt, may reduce cognitive abilities.
exist study Among the researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, 54 participants completed the paper writing task of three courses using one of three assigned methods and tools: chatgpt, search engines and their brains.
In the fourth session, the researchers asked chatgpt The group does not use tools, only group participants in the brain require LLM.
The results are shocking as they reveal memories of poor memory AI usersmore than 83% of ChatGpt users were unable to quote them from prose, they wrote it a few minutes ago.
Terrible cognitive bankruptcy
Alex Vacca, co-founder of sales technology organization Coldiq, describe The result is “terrible,” adding that AI doesn’t make us more productive, “which makes us cognitively bankrupt.”
“You wrote something, hit save, your brain has forgotten it because Chatgpt did the idea.”
The researchers noted that brain connectivity “systemally shrinks” with the amount of external support.
“The brain-only group showed the strongest and widest network, the search engine group showed intermediate engagement, and LLM aid caused the weakest overall coupling,” they said.
Accumulate “cognitive debt”
The researchers used electroencephalography (EEG) to record brain activity to assess participants’ cognitive participation and cognitive load during the task.
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They found that the accumulation of “cognitive debt” may be due to repeated reliance on external systems such as LLM, which replace the cognitive processes required for independent thinking.
“Cognitive debt avoids mental efforts in the short term but leads to long-term costs (such as reduced critical investigations, increasing vulnerability to manipulation, reducing creativity).
Impact on learning ability
Papers that have not been reviewed by peers indicate AI LLM can actually hurt learning, especially for younger users.
“In this study, we demonstrated the pressing problem of possible reduction in learning skills based on our findings,” the researchers concluded.
Researchers say “longitudinal research” is needed to understand the long-term effects of AI chatbots on the human brain “before LLM is considered something that is net positive for humans.”
When Cointelegraph asked Chatgpt what he thought about research, Chatbot “This study does not say Chatgpt is inherently harmful, but rather warns of over-reliance without reflection or effort,” the answer said.
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