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Concern Grows That AI Is Damaging Users’ Cognitive Abilities

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Last year, a team of researchers led by MIT research scientist Nataliya Kosmyna used electroencephalograms to monitor the brains of students while they were writing short, deliberately open-ended essays. They split the 54 participants into three groups: one was told to use ChatGPT, one could search for information on Google (minus AI-generated summaries), and another had to rely on their own knowledge. As detailed in a resulting yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, each group was tasked with writing one essay per month for three months, while a subset of each group was asked to switch to or away from using ChatGPT for a fourth month. The researchers’ EEG findings were ominous: the students using ChatGPT “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels,” they found, and even got lazier with each consecutive essay. “The brain didn’t fall asleep, but there was much less activation in the areas corresponding to creativity and to processing information,” Kosmyna told the BBC in an interview …

Signs You Have Powerful Psychic Abilities Waiting To Be Developed, Says Witch

Published by Jenni Sidey

Celeste Mott, a witch and psychic mentor, shared in a recent video that certain abilities could actually be signs of untapped psychic abilities. While many people believe that psychic gifts are rare or reserved for a select few, she believes the opposite. “The cool thing is, anybody can develop psychic abilities. Just like playing a musical instrument or being really good at math, some of us are naturally more inclined,” Mott said. Turns out, some people are already displaying subtle abilities that show their intuition and energetic awareness may be stronger than they realize. If you can do any of these three things, Mott believes you have powerful psychic abilities just waiting to be developed. 1. You feel heightened sensations within dreams Prostock-studio | Shutterstock Mott claimed that most people aren’t really able to feel physical sensations when they’re dreaming. However, some do have the unique ability to feel touch, pain, or warmth while sleeping. It’s often chalked up to simply being a very vivid or emotional dream, but it could be more than that. …

People Who Are Spiritually Gifted Usually Have 11 Abilities Normal People Don’t Have

Published by Jenni Sidey

Consciousness, emotional regulation, intelligence, and intuition are all inherently linked in our human lives, according to a study from Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health. But that doesn’t mean that everyone taps into their collective power. Especially in our current society that fuels conformity, ease, comfort, and convenience, so many people live on autopilot, missing out on the spiritual power of intuitive gifts. However, people who are spiritually gifted usually have certain abilities normal people don’t have. From leading with self-trust in decisions to experiencing vivid dreams with divine guidance, their power doesn’t come from “hustling” or chasing success, but living presently and consciously in their humanity and lives. People who are spiritually gifted usually have 11 abilities normal people don’t have 1. They sense people’s energy easily PeopleImages | Shutterstock People who are regulated and grounded tend to have social awareness that allows them to read a room. They’re present in social interactions, regulated enough to notice others, and bolster a kind of observant attitude that comes from unshakable self-security. However, spiritually gifted people have an …

Harvard Professor Says AI Users Are Losing Cognitive Abilities

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb is perhaps best known for raising eyebrows with public suggestions that various stellar phenomena could be evidence of extraterrestrial civilization. It’s controversial, to be sure — but if nothing else, at least Loeb’s using his own brain, at a time when dependence on AI chatbots has never been higher. In a recent essay on his personal blog, the Harvard professor lamented the mental decay among the AI users in his life. “Recently, I noticed that some people around me are starting to lose their cognitive abilities as a result of excessive use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms, such as ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini,” Loeb wrote. “This phenomenon resembles muscle loss from excessive use of public transportation as a substitute for walking. In academia, the only reliable way of testing the cognitive abilities of students right now is by placing them in a Faraday cage.” Nevermind studies showing that public transit users walk a tremendous amount — a much …

Infants who display greater curiosity tend to develop higher cognitive abilities in childhood

Published by José Betancourt

A longitudinal study in the Netherlands found that infants who displayed greater curiosity at 8 months of age tended to have higher IQ scores at 3.5 years of age. However, this association was present only in infants who displayed the highest levels of curiosity (one-third of the most curious children). The research was published in Developmental Science. During infancy, cognitive abilities develop rapidly. Infants very swiftly acquire basic knowledge about the world and develop various skills, from the motor skills needed to move their bodies and walk to the language skills that allow them to communicate with their caregivers and other people. However, infants show measurable differences in cognitive abilities. They differ in abilities such as information processing speed, attention control, and learning efficiency. Longitudinal research indicates that these early differences are modest but reliable predictors of later cognitive abilities. Early attention regulation and processing speed have been linked to later executive functions and general intelligence. Memory and learning capacities in infancy are associated with later language development and academic skills. Nevertheless, environmental factors such …

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