Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are occurring rapidly.
My wife has found many uses at home and at work.
Results of a study were recently previewed prior to publication (Are we really willing to become dumber?-David Brooks-NYT editorial 7/7/25).
Those who used AI to write essays had significantly more references compared to those that wrote the old fashioned way.
However, when the participants were later asked to quote from their own papers, those that used AI had significant difficulty verbalizing content from their papers compared to those that “had used their brains.”
EEG’s also showed higher connectivity across brain regions compared to those who used AI.
“Direct dynamic transfer function” was highest in the brain only group, which is correlated with executive function, attention regulation and other related cognitive processes.
Cognitive deficits may increase with age.
Retirement, by itself, has been associated with cognitive decline in some individuals.
Therefore, I’ll remain in the brain only group, for writing, for now.
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