24/09/2025
Your Brain - Use it or lose it! 🧠 It’s fine to use AI ChatGPT to assist, but not to replace.
🧠 MIT has just completed the first brain-scan study on ChatGPT users, and the findings are eye-opening. Instead of enhancing brain function, prolonged use of AI may actually be dulling it. Over four months of cognitive data show we might be measuring productivity all wrong ⤵️
In the study, participants had their brains scanned while using ChatGPT:
→ 83.3% of users couldn’t recall a single sentence they’d written just minutes before.
→ In contrast, those writing without AI had no trouble remembering.
Brain connectivity dropped significantly—from 79 to 42 points.
→ A 47% drop in neural engagement.
→ The lowest cognitive performance of all user groups.
Even after stopping ChatGPT use, these users still showed under-engagement:
→ Their performance remained lower than those who never used AI.
→ This points to cognitive weakening, not just dependency.
Educators also noted that while essays were technically solid, they were often described as "robotic," "soulless," and "lacking depth."
Here’s the paradox:
→ ChatGPT makes you 60% faster at completing tasks...
→ But it reduces mental effort for learning by 32%.
The top performers?
→ Those who started without AI and added it later.
→ They retained the best memory, brain activity, and overall scores.
Using ChatGPT can feel empowering, but it may quietly offload your thinking:
→ You gain speed but lose engagement.
→ You get answers but stop learning how to think.
The takeaway isn’t to avoid AI—but to use it intentionally:
→ Use it to assist, not replace your mind.
→ Build cognitive strength, not dependency.
MIT’s study on AI and the brain highlights the importance of how we use these tools. The way we engage with them matters more than ever. 🧠⚡
