ChatGPT Brain Rot Debate: The Fastest Way to Get Dementia, Watch This Before Using ChatGPT Again, Especially If Your Kids Use It!

MIT just announced that AI is rotting your brain?! Two world-leading experts break this study down and reveal how AI and ChatGPT could silently shrink your brain, kill creativity, and wreck your memory.

Dr Daniel Amen is a renowned psychiatrist, brain health expert, and founder of Amen Clinics, which holds over 270,000 brain scans. He is joined by Dr Terry Sejnowski, a pioneer in the field of computational neuroscience and co-creator of the Boltzmann machine, a groundbreaking neural network that helped lay the foundation for modern AI.

They discuss:

The evolutionary reason why ChatGPT is dangerous for your brain
How ChatGPT trains your brain to avoid discomfort, and why that’s dangerous
How using AI too early in life may block emotional growth and resilience
The surprising reason AI might make you more anxious, not less
Why brain reserve is your greatest defense against future decline
The hidden mental cost of seeking “perfect” partners through robotics and artificial intimacy
What you can do right now to protect your brain health in an AI-saturated world

00:00 Intro

00:02:53 Terry’s Background

00:03:35 Daniel Amen Introduction

00:04:35 MIT Study: ChatGPT and Reduced Brain Function

00:07:42 The Link Between ChatGPT and Dementia

00:11:09 Biggest AI Concerns Before Understanding Long-Term Consequences

00:19:49 What Does a Healthy Relationship with AI Look Like?

00:23:09 AI and Early Brain Development

00:25:43 AI Girlfriends

00:35:38 Why Struggle Is Good for Your Brain

00:37:24 Biggest Concerns with AI

00:40:26 ChatGPT Best Practices

00:45:07 Do We Still Need to Spell?

00:46:53 How Can We Learn Better?

00:48:32 How to Avoid Procrastination

00:52:12 Ads

00:54:15 Boosting Brain Health Without AI

00:57:57 Are We Raising Mentally Weak Kids?

00:58:46 Effects of Religion on the Brain

01:01:43 How to Build a Brain-Healthy Nation

01:03:55 Things That Are Bad for Your Brain

01:07:24 Artificial Sweeteners

01:09:07 Is Loud Noise Bad for Your Brain?

01:10:19 Ads

01:11:11 Multitasking

01:12:59 What’s Causing the Rise in ADHD?

01:16:07 Negativity in the Brain

01:18:30 The Top Tip for a Healthier Brain

01:21:08 Importance of Sleep for Brain Health

01:26:59 Are You Prepared for Your Next Health Challenge?