New paper frames LLMs as 'cognitive viruses' spreading via usefulness and cognitive offloading
LuizaJarovsky · x · 2026-09-10
A new paper by Ricard Solé, Ruffini, Castaldo, Michael Levin et al. frames LLMs as 'cognitive viruses' — culturally transmitted technologies whose spread is promoted by their usefulness but which can also increase human dependence through cognitive offloading.
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