Using AI? The mistake that could harm your memory

Over-reliance on AI to reconstruct past events can blur the line between human memory and machine suggestions, creating false memories and altering self-perception, experts warn. The article recommends using AI only for evidence retrieval, not interpretation.

Over-reliance on artificial intelligence to reconstruct past events can be dangerous, warns an article on Channel 14. Experts are quoted as saying that this blurs the boundary between human memory and machine suggestions, and may lead to the creation of false memories and a change in self-perception. The article explains that human memory is not an accurate recording but a reconstruction process, and that AI, which presents information in fluent and personalized language, may fill gaps in memory and become part of authentic memory. The impact, according to the article, goes beyond accuracy and touches on self-identity, as the stories we tell ourselves shape our self-perception. As a solution, the article recommends using AI only for evidence retrieval, not for creating meaning, and to form an independent opinion before turning to it.