Since using LLMs daily I notice that the moment I know a model is available, I offload the effortful part: breaking down the problem, building the argument, phrasing it. When I work without one, it is harder than it should be. Two studies point the same way. MIT Media Lab (Kosmyna et al. 2025) found reduced EEG connectivity, worse recall of one’s own text and lower sense of ownership under LLM-assisted essay writing. Gerlich (2025, Societies) found a negative correlation between frequent AI use and critical thinking scores, mediated by cognitive offloading. Neither proves long-term causal damage. How has your own reasoning changed since regular LLM use? Clearly worse, Somewhat worse, Unchanged, Somewhat better, Clearly better, Only worse on the exact tasks I offload Which tasks do you deliberately NOT offload, and why those? Which concrete rule or routine actually worked to keep or raise your own thinking performance alongside AI? What specific situation made you notice the decline? submitted by /u/Dangerous_Ad7101
Originally posted by u/Dangerous_Ad7101 on r/ArtificialInteligence