MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline

Re:MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to C... by LandR on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @11:02AM (#45116634)

>> I saw a post yesterday showing Brave browser's new tab using 70mb of RAM in the background. I'm very sure there's code there that can be optimized, but who gives a shit.

I do. This sort of attitude is how we have machines more powerful than ever yet everything still seems to run like shit.

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Re:MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to C... by const_cast on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @11:15AM (#45116785)

This is barely related but I bet that the extra 70 mb of ram isn't even waste - it's probably an optimization. Its possible they're spinning up a JS VM preemptively so when you do navigate you have a hot interpreter for the inevitable script. Maybe they allocate memory for the DOM too.

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Re:MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to C... by KoolKat23 on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @11:48AM (#45117176)

Probably the case, I felt bad using this as an example as I don't know the specifics, but thought it is an easy way to convey my point (sorry if so Brave developers).

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