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Mental health
fromMedium
1 day ago

Are we designing for brain rot?

Habit-forming social media designs promote doomscrolling, contributing to 'brain rot,' eroding attention spans and social life.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 week ago

Training AI on "Brain Rot" Content Causes Lasting Cognitive Damage, New Paper Finds

Continual exposure to low-quality "brain rot" online content causes lasting cognitive decline in large language models, inducing thought-skipping and shifts toward psychopathy and narcissism.
Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
1 week ago

Just like humans, AI can get 'brain rot' from low-quality text and the effects appear to linger, pre-print study says | Fortune

Continuous consumption of short, viral online content causes cognitive decline in humans and AI, degrading attention, reasoning, and social behavior.
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

Why AI, Not Silly Videos, Might Be Brain Rot

Brain rot, now defined as a perceived loss of intelligence due to overconsumption of unchallenging content, lacks scientific evidence of cognitive harm.
Mental health
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