Sam Gilbert

Sam Gilbert

@samgilbert.bsky.social

Cognitive Neuroscientist at UCL. I'm interested in intentions, cognitive offloading, and metacognition. He/him. https://samgilbert.net

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@gidmk.bsky.social

I wrote about this whole silly saga. Using AI for 10 minutes probably has little/no impact on your cognition, despite the viral online claims. gidmk.substack.com/p/does-using...

gidmk.substack.comDoes Using AI For 10 Minutes Make You “Lazy And Dumb”?Probably not
Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com

In our course and book _Calling Bullshit_, we posit that If something seems too good, or too bad, to be true, it probably is. Now as a college professor I'm pretty confident that overreliance can AI can harm our thinking ability, but just ten minutes of use? Let's dig into this this study a bit.

news.berkeley.eduUsing AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley NewsA UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
Sam Gilbert
@samgilbert.bsky.social

Just published - what happens in the brain when people offload memories into external reminders? Using fMRI decoding, we found that the corresponding neural trace fades until it becomes statistically absent. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵...

nature.comCognitive offloading weakens the neural representation of to-be-remembered information - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Cognitive offloading weakens the neural representation of to-be-remembered information
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Sam Gilbert
@samgilbert.bsky.social

We argue that this "digital amnesia" is an adaptive process that prioritises the brain's limited-capacity systems for the most valuable information.

Sam Gilbert
@samgilbert.bsky.social

Just published - what happens in the brain when people offload memories into external reminders? Using fMRI decoding, we found that the corresponding neural trace fades until it becomes statistically absent. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵...

nature.comCognitive offloading weakens the neural representation of to-be-remembered information - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Cognitive offloading weakens the neural representation of to-be-remembered information
Sam Gilbert
@samgilbert.bsky.social

Participants viewed pictures of faces or scenes, then they got a cue to Remember (for a memory test), Forget (there will be no test), or Offload (the memory test will come with a reminder). Brain activity to Offload cues closely resembled Forget cues.

Sam Gilbert
@samgilbert.bsky.social

There was evidence for a sustained neural trace of the earlier stimulus in the Remember condition, but it faded until it was statistically absent in the Offload and Forget conditions, which did not differ from each other.

Sam Gilbert
@samgilbert.bsky.social

I spoke with @manymindspod.bsky.social about research into cognitive offloading, metacognition, memory, photo-taking, GPS, AI, and why there’s no such thing as “digital dementia”. Thanks so much for having me!

Many Minds podcast@manymindspod.bsky.social

New episode!! 🎉🎙️ A conversation w/ @samgilbert.bsky.social all about cognitive offloading. We humans have long used tools to help us remember and reason. But as new technologies emerge, it's a good time to take stock: What does offloading do for us—and to us? Listen: disi.org/cognitive-of...

Sam Gilbert
@samgilbert.bsky.social

and I agree with @olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social too! I’m concerned about uncritical AI adoption, but losing our cognitive abilities - like AGI panic - is at the bottom of my list for why. Both exaggerate AI’s actual competence

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science

what's cool about this in @nautil.us is I also agree w @samgilbert.bsky.social 100% even tho maybe I and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social are supposed to be contrasts — it's absolutely the case that lot of tech is beneficial AND that a LOT of the studies are not showing much nautil.us/ai-might-not... 1/n

nautil.usAI Might Not Harm Us in the Way You ThinkAI Might Not Harm Us in the Way You Think: Researchers are divided over AI’s cognitive harms—and whether we should use these tools at all.
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Sam Gilbert
@samgilbert.bsky.social

Participants viewed pictures of faces or scenes, then they got a cue to Remember (for a memory test), Forget (there will be no test), or Offload (the memory test will come with a reminder). Brain activity to Offload cues closely resembled Forget cues.

Sam Gilbert
@samgilbert.bsky.social

There was evidence for a sustained neural trace of the earlier stimulus in the Remember condition, but it faded until it was statistically absent in the Offload and Forget conditions, which did not differ from each other.

Sam Gilbert
@samgilbert.bsky.social

Oxford Open Neuroscience is looking for ECRs to join our editorial team in paid positions. Please spread the word and consider applying! I’m very happy to discuss cognitive neuroscience section if you’re interested academic.oup.com/oons/pages/c...

academic.oup.comCall for Applications: Early Career Researcher Fellow PositionsThe open access journal Oxford Open Neuroscience is thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for four early career researcher fellows to join our team. Thes

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