Study Reveals Junk Content Dumbs Down AI, Sparking Concerns Over Digital Cognition

A new study from Cornell University reveals that Artificial intelligence can suffer from brain rot due to exposure to low-quality content on social media, raising concerns about digital cognition.

• The Cornell University study, focusing on the Large language model Brain Rot Hypothesis, demonstrates that junk (ship) content negatively impacts Artificial intelligence, akin to human cognitive decline.
• Researchers found that the consumption of sloppy content on platforms like Twitter and other social media affects the performance of AI models, paralleling issues of dementia in humans.
• The study highlights the importance of content quality, suggesting that the pervasive junk (ship) content on the Internet contributes to decreased cognition in Artificial intelligence systems.