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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!
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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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Manage episode 500915660 series 3328179
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? 
Follow Dr Daniel:
Instagram - https://bit.ly/45pGDHk
Website - https://bit.ly/4lhW9uS
Podcast - https://apple.co/4op5WSz
You can purchase Dr Daniel’s book, ‘Raising Mentally Strong Kids’, here: https://amzn.to/4ldncHB
Follow Dr Terry:
Salk Institute Academic Profile - https://bit.ly/3H3Sy5H
Publications - https://bit.ly/4mbwrcS
You can purchase Dr Terry’s book, ‘ChatGPT and the Future of AI: The Deep Language Revolution’, here: https://amzn.to/45kw0Wb
The Diary Of A CEO:
⬜️Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/
⬜️Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook
⬜️The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt
⬜️The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb
⬜️Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt
⬜️Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb
Independent research:https://stevenbartlett.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/DOAC-Dr-Terry-Dr-Amen-debate-Independent-Research-further-reading-.pdf
Sponsors:
Stan Store - https://stevenbartlett.stan.store/ for your 30-day free trial
Vodafone - Check out the first episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL1Swvp4X5w 
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