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. Experts at a youth wellness forum flagged AI for dulling creative bones—memory thinning, attention fleeing, originality flattening. At NIMHANS, an adolescent clinic now fields cases where AI dependency looks like cognitive withdrawal. The Times of India
Meanwhile, the Financial Times signals a broader wake‑up call: overusing AI could slow economic engines. Attention and working memory—once pillars of productivity—now feel borrowed by screens. Without intervention, the digital draft is erasing human memory, one lazy thought at a time. Financial Times
Humanities or Homogenization?
The New Yorker spilled a quieter scandal: AI is commodifying creativity. Essays become simpatico—flawless yet flavorless. ChatGPT isn’t pushing boundaries; it’s smoothing them. Cultural diversity shrinks into algorithmic middle‑ground. Minds don’t falter—they conform. The New Yorker
Wharton University backs it: AI ideation bubbles fast—but they pop all the same way. Robots don’t think outside the box—they template it. Innovation becomes “new, but kind of same.” killerinnovations.com+1
Still Human—If We Choose It
There is resistance. Beneath the algorithmic tide, musicians still jam in analog studios, poets deliver postcards by hand, and educators teach AI retreats in creative writing rooms lit only by candle and curse. They’re not rejecting tools—they’re rejecting autopilot.
University of Cambridge’s Microsoft lab sounded the academic alarm: workflow AI may undercut deep thinking. Quality—not just speed—must define our digital arms race. microsoft.com
Final Thought
AI can spark brilliance—but only in those who remember what breaks it. The neural cost of ease is invisibility. If our generation becomes sharpest at prompt‑editing, not imagining, then we weren’t degraded—we were Coded.
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