The AI Chair of FDPPI is trying to conduct a study of how the teaching of AI in children alters the development of the brain. It is a hypothesis that human brain re-wires itself if any part of the brain is not used fully. It is for this reason that this generation has been losing memory as is evident in our inability to remember phone numbers because it is readily available in the mobile address book or lose the visual mapping of the city because we depend on the Google Maps.
With the use of AI, we are entering a new phase where certain functionalities of the brain are getting adversely affected even in adults who use AI extensively in job situations. As per a report in Indian Express Dr Prabash Prabhakaran, a medical practitioner in Chennai (Senior Consultant and Director of neurology, SIMS Hospital) has reported that a case was observed where a software professional reported that she felt “mentally lazy and lost the curiosity to learn and do things herself rather than finding some body else to do it”.
Dr Prabash attributes this to AI over use and continuous outsourcing of our ability to think, remember and make decisions on our own.
Naavi has been pointing out this for last several years and has even suggested that India needs a “Neuro Rights Law” that limits the ability of Computer Influence on the Neural system of humans. An attempt is also being made to take a study of how the development of brains in children gets affected as we teach AI to them in the early years of their mental development. The views of Dr Prabash are validating this hypothesis that AI use as well as any other Computer interface that alters the behaviour of human brain may leave long term impact on the human and hence needs to be regulated.
While regulation of neuro rights or the use of dark patterns or AI over use are matters of law to be tackled later, Dr Prabash suggests the following remedies to be followed .
- Intentional recall: Before searching, take a moment to try and recall
- Active Participation: Dn’t repace your ideas with AI; Use it to test them
- Mental Exercises: Include deep reading, crossword puzzles and logic games
- Tech sabbaticals: unplug frequently to allow your thoughts to roam
We should thank Dr Prabash to have highlighted this aspect of AI usage.
Naavi
