"AI made me dumber": Redditor floats a brain gym for heavy AI users
PaleontologistFull50 · reddit · 2026-09-16
An author reports noticeably worse memory and focus after heavy AI use—often opening ChatGPT before thinking for themselves—a pattern friends and coworkers share. Their office started N-Back, recall drills, and chess during weekly wellness hours with positive feedback, prompting an idea for a daily "brain gym" website for heavy AI users. The post also asks whether the "AI is making us dumber" concern is overblown.
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