MIT researchers say using ChatGPT can rot your brain. The truth is a little more complicated.

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MIT researchers say using ChatGPT can rot your brain. The truth is a little more complicated.
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Just as calculators allowed people to do more complex computations, AI may be used to offload some cognitive tasks to free up the brain for genuine critical thinking, two professors argue

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The cognitive engagement of those who used AI was significantly lower than the other two groups. This group also had a harder time recalling quotes from their essays and felt a lower sense of ownership over them. Cautiously, the authors note that only 18 participants completed the fourth, final session. Therefore, the findings are preliminary and require further testing.These results do not necessarily mean that students who used AI accumulated “cognitive debt”. In our view, the findings are due to the particular design of the study.

To fully justify the researchers’ claims, the AI-to-brain participants would also need to complete three writing sessions without AI. Back in the 1970s, their impact was regulated by making exams much harder. Instead of doing calculations by hand, students were expected to use calculators and spend their cognitive efforts on more complex tasks.

In such situations, AI can indeed be detrimental. Students can for the most part offload critical engagement with learning to AI, which results in “However, just like calculators, AI can and should help us accomplish tasks that were previously impossible — and still require significant engagement. For example, we might ask teaching students to use AI to produce a detailed lesson plan, which will then be evaluated for quality and pedagogical soundness in an oral examination.

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