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#37 Max: Is Your AI Writing Assistant Secretly Making You Dumber? The "Cognitive Debt" Study

14 min • 27 juni 2025

Are AI writing assistants secretly sabotaging your brain? 🧠 A recent MIT study on "Cognitive Debt" suggests that relying on AI can weaken your memory and critical thinking, and the results are frankly a little scary.

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A deep dive into the MIT study "Your Brain on ChatGPT" and its findings on how AI creates "Cognitive Debt."
The shocking result: 83% of participants using an AI assistant couldn't recall a single sentence from an essay they had just "written."
Brain scan evidence that shows AI use can lead to significantly reduced brain activity and a "homogenization of thought."
The crucial difference between using AI in "Learning Mode" (brain-first) vs. "Production Mode" (AI-first) to stay sharp.
Actionable strategies to use AI as a powerful tool without it becoming a cognitive crutch that makes you dumber over time.

Keywords: Cognitive Debt, AI Writing Assistant, ChatGPT, Critical Thinking, AI Brain Effects, MIT Study, Learning Mode vs Production Mode, AI Crutch, Homogenization of Thought, AI Productivity, AI Learning

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