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

August 18, 2025 1:33:41 16.18 MB ( -16.19 MB less) Downloads: 0

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?


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