EEG measurements in an MIT Media Lab study found a percentage drop in brain activity among participants using ChatGPT versus participants writing without AI. Among AI-assisted writers, 83% could not recall key points or quotes from what they had just produced. AI generates fluent, structured, plausible text quickly, creating an illusion that output quality reflects thinking quality. Weak reasoning can still yield convincing paragraphs, and flawed assumptions can be presented as well-organized sections. Repeated externalization of mental effort creates “Cognitive Debt,” accumulating through habit and convenience and leaving capacities underdeveloped when tools fail.
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