I think we need to accept that AI causes cognitive decline, like Alzheimer's. For an Adult this may be manageable, but in a young brain, this is detrimental.
Pretty sure the way social media is designed contributes more to short attention spans and atrophy of the cerebral cortex.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20240517-the-human-brai...
https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/unlv-research-no-human-bra...
I have no idea which position is correct, but both can't be true.
Same for social media. The negative effects have been apparent for years.
I don't think we can go back to a world without books, without social media and without AI.
That is catastrophic because I heard several CEOs that said that we cannot do anything about it and that the technology is here to stay. So, I suppose that we will just need to adapt to a world with declining mental cognition for millions of children and a future with diminishing production capacity because ... checks notes ... this quarterly profits.