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I feel my brain wasting away the more i use chatgpt, like im actively becoming dumber bc i dont think anymore
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Anonymous 7w

I’ve seen people starting to explore this concept as “cognitive debt” in that people who use LLMs for tasks engage their brain less overall than people who used their brains only. I found this recent study from some MIT researchers who you can also find on LinkedIn https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872 Interesting read. Very long though

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Anonymous 7w

Real asf twin

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Anonymous 7w

If you're using it on your phone i rly suggest getting ScreenZen and setting it to strict block your phone after a set number of uses. I did that with Insta so i'd stop doomscrolling so much and it really helped. That way you can ration your cgpt uses and stop using it for trivial things while still using it for important things. U still have to have discipline yourself though. But it helps

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

Yea im cooked

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

Surely that's the entire point. Using a dishwasher is less energy than manually doing dishes. "engage their brain less" is the exact same thing; it's not immoral to use a muscle less

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