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When AI Becomes a Lonely Confidante: The New Mental Health Mirage
I once thought turning to an AI for comfort—just a nice distraction, a clever chatbot—was harmless. Then I read that a recent MIT‑Media Lab/OpenAI study found heavy users of emotional AI actually felt more lonely and socially withdrawn—not less. Loneliness didn’t vanish; it intensified. That’s when I realized: AI companionship isn’t balm. It might be…
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When AI Becomes Your Confidante: The Emotional Tightrope of Artificial Intimacy
I used to think AI companions were cute digital pets—until I read that heavy ChatGPT users tend to feel more lonely, not less. It wasn’t the screen that failed them—it was the silence where real people used to be. MIT Media Lab+5MIT Media Lab+5The Guardian+5 A Friendship Made of Code A MIT/Media Lab and OpenAI…
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Solo Sailor in a Sea of AI Whisperers: When Computers Rewrite How We Think
I always thought of ChatGPT as a quirky assistant—until MIT’s lab attached EEG caps to essay writers. Those using ChatGPT didn’t just write faster; their brains dimmed into autopilot. It wasn’t creativity—it was compliance, authoring ghosts. That “metacognitive laziness” phrase haunts me. Laptop Mag+1 When Smart Tools Make Us Dumb In Mumbai, minds fray silently….
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When AI Writes the Idea Machine, Do We Lose the Spark of Genius?
I used to believe generative AI was a creative superpower—until I watched an MIT experiment where student essay-writers looked as zoned out as binge-watchers, and their memories erased like chalk on a blackboard. The researchers coined it metacognitive lethargy—brain cells surrendering to comfort over conflict. That phrase stuck. The New Yorker Ever since, I’ve traced…
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When AI Makes Us ‘Better’ Creators—But Feels Like Collective Amnesia
I used to think generative AI was a creative secret weapon—until a recent MIT experiment showed that students who leaned on ChatGPT to write essays basically turned off parts of their brains. Their EEG readings looked like they were binge-watching TV, not wrestling thoughts. That phrase “metacognitive laziness” stuck with me—it’s the cognitive price of…
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When Mushrooms Meet Motherboards: Fungal Brainroommates, AI‑Designed Psychedelics, and the Future of Consciousness
I once assumed the weirdest thing living rent‑free in a vertebrate skull was a parasitic worm. Then BBC Future reported healthy rainbow trout hosting fungi between their neurons—no swelling, no seizures, just quiet cohabitation (source). The headline didn’t make front‑page news. It should have. Because if fish can welcome spores past the blood‑brain barrier, the…
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