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i really think genai causes actual brain damage. probably faster than most ways you can on purpose give yourself brain damage. and if you hear this statement as literally as i mean it i think it sounds sorta conspiracy nut, but undeniably less conspiracy nut than the apparent sum of its parts

There was a study years ago from the University of Toronto (I think) where they found that playing games in which all the navigation is done for you, via mini maps and objective markers, can literally rot your hippocampus. Resulting in depression and increased risk of Alzheimer's.

I used to play a survival game that didn't really have a map system and it was great for building your own navigation skills by location recognition. I tried to take it a little further in my own sand box and tried to build in workable solar and celestial navigation for those that found it.