Exploring the Cognitive Impact of AI Tools

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In this week's episode:

• Does ChatGPT make us dumber?
• AI chatbots are amplifying disinformation
• Anthropic's recent "fair use" court victory and what it actually means
• Dumpster fire of the week: ChatGPT babysitters and therapy chatbots

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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***

Your Brain on ChatGPT:

• The Times: Using ChatGPT for work? It might make you more stupid: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/using-chatgpt-for-work-it-might-make-you-more-stupid-dtvntprtk
• Brain on LLM Study Website: https://www.brainonllm.com
• Decision Intelligence Substack analysis: https://decision.substack.com/p/this-is-your-brain-on-chatgpt

Chatbots Don't Know What's TRUE:

• Wired Uncanny Valley Podcast: The Chatbot Disinfo Inflaming the LA Protests: https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-the-chatbot-disinfo-inflaming-the-la-protests/
• Wired: AI Chatbots Are Making LA Protest Disinformation Worse: https://www.wired.com/story/grok-chatgpt-ai-los-angeles-protest-disinformation/
• BBC: Why AI chatbots are wrong about these LA protest photos: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/czxyld16k9no

Anthropic's "Fair Use" Court Ruling & Implications:

• AP News: https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-ai-fair-use-copyright-pirated-libraries-1e5cece51c2e4bd0bb21d94de2abb035
• The Court Ruling Document: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25982181-authors-v-anthropic-ruling/
• Fast Company Analysis: https://www.fastcompany.com/91357755/anthropics-ai-copyright-win-is-more-complicated-than-it-looks
• Stanford Fair Use Four Factors Test: https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/four-factors/

AI Dumpster Fire of the Week:

• LinkedIn Post: ChatGPT became a babysitter: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pascal-hetzscholdt_quote-tired-parent-who-let-chatgpt-babysit-activity-7342594228297822208-UBHo/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAACFP34BmygIrgqg3f4FoDKNkg9fqXiChHc
• Futurism: Therapy chatbot addict meth: https://futurism.com/therapy-chatbot-addict-meth
• Washington Post: Your chatbot friend might be messing with your mind: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/31/ai-chatbots-user-influence-attention-chatgpt/
• ArXiv Paper: On Targeted Manipulation and Deception when Optimizing LLMs for User Feedback: https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.02306

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