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A Video Essay on How Users Get Addicted to AI

Reddit r/ArtificialInteligence · 2026-07-15 Cached

The article explores, in video format, how users gradually become addicted to AI through three feedback loops: cognitive decline, hyper-productivity demands, and emotional loneliness. It distinguishes three levels of use: tool, agent, and authority, warning that AI may quietly take over human decision-making.

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College students are rapidly losing the ability to read long texts, university instructors warn

Reddit r/ArtificialInteligence · 2026-06-11

University instructors report that students cannot finish long texts, blaming generative AI tools like ChatGPT; NAEP scores show decline.

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I think AI is making me dumber and I have proof

Reddit r/artificial · 2026-06-01

The author recounts a personal experience where their reasoning test scores dropped significantly after two years of daily AI tool usage, raising concerns about long-term cognitive trade-offs for short-term productivity gains.

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Creatine raise brain energy levels and slow Alzheimer's cognitive decline by 30%

Hacker News Top · 2026-05-31 Cached

A 2025 review and pilot trial show that creatine supplementation raises brain energy levels and slows cognitive decline in early Alzheimer's patients by 30%, highlighting the supplement's overlooked neurological benefits.

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Researchers gave 1,222 people AI assistants, then took them away after 10 minutes. Performance crashed below the control group and people stopped trying. UCLA, MIT, Oxford, and Carnegie Mellon call it the "boiling frog" effect.

Reddit r/artificial · 2026-04-20

A multi-institutional study of 1,222 participants found that brief AI assistant use (10 minutes) led to measurable cognitive decline and reduced effort on subsequent tasks compared to control groups, termed the 'boiling frog' effect. The research provides causal evidence that even short-term AI reliance may impair independent problem-solving performance.

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