A new study from MIT's Media Lab suggests that using ChatGPT harms critical thinking abilities, [@time](
) reports. While the paper has not yet been peer reviewed and its sample size is relatively small, the main author, Nataliya Kosmyna, felt time was of the essence in getting the findings out. “What really motivated me to put it out now before waiting for a full peer review is that I am afraid in 6-8 months, there will be some policymaker who decides, ‘let’s do GPT kindergarten.’ I think that would be absolutely bad and detrimental,” she says. “Developing brains are at the highest risk.”
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ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study
The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.
