“Today’s episode critically analyses the MIT AI Brain Study on ChatGPT use, arguing that it misinterprets the reasons behind AI adoption for writing tasks. The author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, contends that the study incorrectly frames AI use as an individual cognitive failing, coining the term “cognitive debt,” when the underlying issue is the demands of a capitalist system that pushes workers to their limits. Dr. Hoerricks explores three prevalent “moral frames” – the puritanical view of productivity, generational decline narratives, and the self-reliance myth – that, according to her, obscure the real pressures leading to AI reliance. Ultimately, she suggests that the study’s omission of the “why” behind AI use reflects a broader academic tendency to avoid critiquing the systemic forces of capital and labor exploitation, instead focusing on individual-level neurological observations.”
Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/the-mit-ai-brain-study-didnt-measure
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