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Re:MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to C... by CuriouslyC on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @03:37PM (#45119649)
The amount of weightlifting a strength athlete needs to do to stay near their peak (but outside medal range) is ~15% of a full training workload. People can play instruments once a month and still be exceptional once the pathways are set down. Are you getting slightly worse at direct code jockeying? Sure, but not a lot, and you're getting superpowers in exchange.
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Re:MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to C... by jplusequalt on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @04:24PM (#45120010)
Both of these examples have much more to do with muscle memory than critical thinking.
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Re:MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to C... by jplusequalt on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @04:25PM (#45120019)
>and you're getting superpowers in exchange

The superpower you speak of is to become a product manager, and lose out on the fun of problem solving. If that's the future of tech, I want nothing to do with it.

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