ChatGPT Brain Rot Is Real (And Getting Worse)
Vanessa Wingårdh
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ChatGPT went down and people couldn't function. But the real problem goes much deeper than a service outage. From hikers getting lost after relying on ChatGPT to people uploading their entire closets for AI fashion advice, we are outsourcing every single thought to the LLM. Recent studies suggest we are losing our critical thinking and our ability to problem solve by over relying on ChatGPT. Research: Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lee_2025_ai_critical_thinking_survey.pdf MIT: https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/ Wharton: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5104064 #ChatGPT Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:43 Cannot Bake Without ChatGPT 01:50 ChatGPT Travel Information 02:30 Fact Checking NASA 03:33 Cheating in Interviews 04:32 Teachers: AI is Destroying Learning 05:40 AI and Calculator Comparison 05:56 ChatGPT and Universities 06:36 Cheating on Exam with AI 07:13 Relying on ChatGPT for Hiking 07:42 Leveling Up with ChatGPT 08:24 Wharton Research 08:50 MIT Research 09:25 Microsoft Research 09:41 AI Paradox 10:24 Everyone Needs a Side Hustle 11:41 What Happened to Honing Your Craft? 12:23 AI Folks Discover “Thinking” 12:37 ChatGPT for Wardrobe
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