{
  "id": 5584660,
  "title": "Is AI ruining my brain?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/is-ai-ruining-my-brain",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-04T14:41:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Lobsters",
    "slug": "lobsters",
    "url": "https://thoughtbot.com/blog/is-ai-ruining-my-brain"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "I am an AI skeptic, due to concerns about ethics, environmental impact, and the desire to do things myself. I enjoy knitting, building, and making things from scratch. Writing code is enjoyable for me, so I am hesitant to use AI in my workflow. Recently, I had to work on a complex project using AI and found myself relying on it to understand the app better. This made me question the impact of AI on my brain. I have a habit of knitting to keep my hands busy during meetings, and I've even been knitting while waiting for Cursor to respond. When I saw my sweater pattern going wrong, I instinctively turned to AI, which made me uncomfortable. Despite enjoying the process of knitting, I find it frustrating when I need to rely on AI for help. Asking ChatGPT for assistance on projects before yielded no useful results. I wonder if this habit of using AI will affect my life beyond work. I'm determined to keep my brain healthy, so I paused and thought about how I would approach the problem myself before deciding to struggle through it alone.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}