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AI Is Frying Our Brains
AI 正在削弱我们的思维能力
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AI Is Frying Our Brains
AI 正在削弱我们的思维能力
最近的研究显示，频繁使用 ChatGPT 等人工智能可能会导致大脑连接性下降高达 55%。这种现象被称为‘AI 脑疲软（AI brain fry）’，主要是因为人们过度依赖 AI，从而丧失了独立思考的能力。事实上，习惯使用 AI 的医生在脱离 AI 进行诊断时，疾病识别率从 28.4% 骤降至 22.4%，这表明我们的思考能力正在被削弱。为了不让 AI 变成弱化大脑的‘拐杖’，我们必须将其作为促进深层思考和自我成长的工具。
New research shows that using AI like ChatGPT
一项新研究揭示了使用 ChatGPT 等 AI 的后果。New research 新研究 / using AI 使用 AI
can drop your brain connectivity by 55 percent.
研究发现，大脑连接性可能会下降 55%。drop 下降 / brain connectivity 大脑连接性 / 55 percent 55%
This creates a dangerous state called AI brain fry
这会导致一种被称为‘AI 脑疲软’的危险状态。dangerous state 危险状态 / called 被称为 / AI brain fry AI 脑疲软
where people struggle to think for themselves.
处于这种状态的人会感到独立思考变得很困难。struggle to 难以 / think for themselves 独立思考
Experts identify three types of users
专家根据用户付出的思维努力程度将其分为三类。Experts 专家 / identify 区分 / three types 三种类型
based on how much they like mental effort.
这种分类是基于用户投入了多少脑力。based on 根据 / mental effort 思维努力
First, Productive Passengers use AI to think less,
第一类是‘生产性乘客’，他们使用 AI 是为了少动脑。Productive Passengers 生产性乘客 / think less 减少思考
but they quickly lose their mental strength.
但这会导致他们的思考能力迅速退化。quickly lose 迅速丧失 / mental strength 思考能力
Second, Reluctant Optimizers want to work hard,
第二类是‘被动优化者’，他们虽然想努力工作，Reluctant Optimizers 被动优化者 / want to work hard 想要努力工作
but they get lazy because the technology is so easy.
但因为技术太方便而变得懒惰。get lazy 变得懒惰 / technology 技术 / so easy 非常简便
Finally, high-effort users treat AI as a partner
最后是‘高投入用户’，他们将 AI 视为合作伙伴，high-effort users 高投入用户 / treat AI as a partner 将 AI 视为合作伙伴
to help them think even harder.
利用它来帮助自己进行更深入的思考。help them think 帮助他们思考 / even harder 更加深入
This hollowing-out effect is real,
这种能力空洞化现象是真实存在的。hollowing-out effect 空洞化效应 / real 真实的
because AI acts like a mental crutch that weakens skills.
因为 AI 充当了削弱能力的‘精神拐杖’。acts like 表现得像 / mental crutch 精神拐杖 / weakens skills 削弱能力
For example, doctors became worse at finding medical issues
例如，医生们发现医疗问题的能力下降了。became worse 变差 / finding medical issues 发现医疗问题
when researchers took their AI away.
这是在研究人员不让他们使用 AI 的情况下发生的。researchers 研究人员 / took away 拿走
Their detection rates fell from 28.4 percent
诊断率从 28.4%detection rates 诊断率 / fell 下降
to 22.4 percent in one specific study.
下降到了 22.4%，这是一项特定研究的结果。one specific study 一项特定研究
Even worse, some people gave up on tasks faster
更糟糕的是，有些人放弃任务的速度变快了。Even worse 更糟的是 / gave up on tasks 放弃任务 / faster 更快
after using AI for just 10 minutes.
仅仅在使用了 10 分钟 AI 之后。after using 使用后 / just 10 minutes 仅仅 10 分钟
We must use AI to grow our minds, or we will lose them.
我们必须利用 AI 来锻炼思维，否则就会丧失思考能力。grow our minds 锻炼思维 / lose them 丧失能力
Quiz 🧠
Q1. Using AI tools to do all your thinking can make your brain weaker over time.
查看答案
✅ True
如果过度依赖工具而减少思考，大脑缺乏锻炼机会，能力就会逐渐退化。
When people let tools do all the mental work, their brains get less practice and become weaker.
Q2. What does 'struggle' mean in 'people struggle to think'?
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✅ have a hard time
'struggle'表示做某事感到吃力或费劲应对。
To struggle means to find something difficult or to work hard through a problem.
Q3. If workers rely on AI for every task, why might their skills drop?
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✅ They practice thinking less
如果机器代劳解决问题，人缺乏自主思考的锻炼，能力就会逐渐下降。
When technology does all the hard tasks, people stop using their own minds and lose their skills.
Dialogue 🎧
Alex: Sophia, I read something terrifying. AI can drop your brain connectivity by 55 percent!
Alex: 亚历克斯，我读到一个很惊人的消息。AI 可能会让大脑连接性下降 55%！
Sophia: I saw that too. Researchers are calling it AI brain fry.
Sophia: 我也看到了。研究人员把这种现象称为‘AI 脑疲软（AI brain fry）’。
Alex: Brain fry? That sounds like my head is literally melting.
Alex: 脑疲软？听起来就像我的大脑真的融化了一样。
Sophia: It is serious. It creates a state where people struggle to think for themselves.
Sophia: 这是一个严重的问题。它会导致人们难以独立思考。
Alex: But I thought AI was supposed to make us smarter?
Alex: 可我一直以为 AI 会让我们变得更聪明呢。
Sophia: Most people become Productive Passengers. They use AI to think less and lose mental strength.
Sophia: 大多数人变成了‘生产性乘客’。他们为了少思考而使用 AI，结果丧失了思考能力。
Alex: So we just sit there while the machine does the work?
Alex: 你的意思是，机器在干活，而我们只是坐在那里无所事事？
Sophia: Some are Reluctant Optimizers who want to work hard but get lazy.
Sophia: 还有一些‘被动优化者’，他们虽然想努力，但因为技术太方便，不知不觉就变懒了。
Alex: Because the technology is just too easy to use?
Alex: 是因为这些技术用起来太简单了吧？
Sophia: Exactly. It is a seductive trap that leads to a hollowing-out effect.
Sophia: 没错。这是一个极具诱惑力的陷阱，会导致某种‘空洞化现象’。
Alex: That explains why those doctors in the study failed.
Alex: 难怪参与研究的医生们在脱离 AI 后水平大打折扣。
Sophia: Right. Their detection rates fell from 28.4 percent to 22.4 percent.
Sophia: 是的。疾病识别率从 28.4% 骤降至 22.4%。
Alex: Because the researchers took their AI away?
Alex: 仅仅是因为研究人员不让他们用 AI 了吗？
Sophia: Yes. They used it as a mental crutch and lost their skills.
Sophia: 对。他们把 AI 当成了精神拐杖，结果失去了原本的技能。
Alex: That gives me chills. I do not want a hollowed-out doctor.
Alex: 太可怕了。我可不想让一个脑子空空的医生看病。
Sophia: Some subjects gave up on tasks faster after using AI for just 10 minutes.
Sophia: 还有些人仅仅用了 10 分钟 AI，放弃任务的速度就快了很多。
Alex: Only 10 minutes? We are becoming cognitive misers who hate effort.
Alex: 才 10 分钟？看来我们正在变成逃避思考的‘认知守财奴’。
Sophia: Even gamma-wave activity, a sign of cognitive effort, drops by 40 percent.
Sophia: 甚至连衡量认知努力的伽马波活动也减少了 40%。
Alex: So we have to be high-effort users instead.
Alex: 那我们必须成为‘高投入用户’才行。
Sophia: Right. You must treat AI as a partner to help you think even harder.
Sophia: 没错。要把 AI 当作帮助我们深入思考的伙伴。
Alex: I need to start wrestling with these bots more.
Alex: 看来以后我得和这些 AI 机器人多较较劲了。
Sophia: Definitely. Use it to grow your mind, or you will lose it.
Sophia: 确实如此。如果不把 AI 当作锻炼思维的工具，最终我们会失去思考的能力。