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Public health warns: AI dependence may corrode attention, cognition, and autonomy
Sep 25, 2026SOURCE: theguardian.com
SO WHAT
This is a behavioral phase-change signal: when cognition becomes a service, the thousand-day window narrows toward user-dependent control. Choice will matter less unless new governance and literacy nucleate fast.
Prof. Devi Sridhar argues student AI use could produce long-term mental-health harms. Her concern: leaving long-horizon cognitive health to tech companies’ incentives.
This is Negative Resistance’s reframed reading of a reported signal. The headline and analysis above are our interpretation through the thousand-day-window lens. The original reporting lives at the source linked above.