Submitted 1 day ago by DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com to [deleted]
I’ve been using AI chatbots (ChatGPT, Gemini, Vibe and Grok and such) for a while now, and I’ve decided that I’m gonna stop using AI for a little bit just to see what happens.
I realized that I didn’t elaborate on this question, and I apologize for that.
You might hopefully return to reality
Your brain will begin to have wrinkles again.
Your brain will start recovering from slopheadedness and begins growing back to normal functioning.
How?
This is the same as asking what happens if I stop commuting to work in my car and running to work instead. You are using your legs, heart, and lungs etc everyday your body gets stronger and fitter over time.
If you stop outsourcing cognitive effort (thinking) to llms your brain will get stronger.
There are also other harms from llms like sycophancy that kill your social skills and cause psychosis. So your brain can recover all that if you avoid llm usage.
I take it you haven’t stopped yet.
Brain plasticity?
Nothing bad.
Normality
What do you use them for and how often?
I’ve used AI often from 2022/2023 to 2026.
Is it for day to day stuff or for structuring essays/writing code? If it’s the former, then you can probably expect feeling the cognitive weight of thinking/researching. 🤷
I’ll look for a resource, cuz idk off the top of my head, but some article did the math on a “Google search” vs the same inquiry using AI. Because the servers running AI are a lot more intense, a regular search consumed a few ounces of water vs AI was something like several gallons. I could be off, so lemme see what I can find.
And by consumed I meant used for cooling as the inquiry caused a spike in heat from the energy used.
You’ll get withdrawal symptoms probably so fight the temptation to use it!
MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You might get laid