Episode
TRC #712: AI Make Brain Dumb? + Mentalism
- Podcast
- The Reality Check
- Published
- Jul 9, 2025
- Duration seconds
- 2793
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Summary
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.