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TRC #712: AI Make Brain Dumb? + Mentalism

The Reality Check by Pat Roach

Jul 9, 202546:33Religion & Spirituality

Is AI making us dumber? Darren looks into a recent study, which spawned some less than great press coverage, trying to assess where or not using LLMs is making us less intelligent. We didn't really come to very good conc...

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TRC #712: AI Make Brain Dumb? + Mentalism is an episode from The Reality Check by Pat Roach. Is AI making us dumber? Darren looks into a recent study, which spawned some less than great press coverage, trying to assess where or not using LL...

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Is AI making us dumber? Darren looks into a recent study, which spawned some less than great press coverage, trying to assess where or not using LLMs is making us less intelligent. We didn't really come to very good conclusions because we've been using too much AI. Adam gives an overview of mentalism, inspired by some recent podcast appearances by Oz Pearlman which have gone viral and brought some mainstream attention to this practice.

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Published Jul 9, 2025 and 46:33 long