Study shows how using AI can affect the human brain

Using artificial intelligence for as little as 10 minutes significantly reduces a person's ability to stick with difficult tasks, a new study has found.
Experiments involving 1,222 online participants showed that relying on tools like ChatGPT erodes cognitive fitness by removing productive struggle.
Participants given AI assistance during maths and reading comprehension tests gave up or performed significantly worse once the tool was removed.
Brian Christian from the University of California, Berkeley, warned that AI systems are ironically helping humans in unhelpful ways.
The findings were recently presented at a conference in a paper titled AI Assistance Reduces Persistence and Hurts Independent Performance.

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