Drs. Amen & Sejnowski: How ChatGPT use raises dementia risk

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Released

August 18, 2025

Duration

1h 32m

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The Diary of a CEO

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Dr Daniel Amen is a renowned brain health expert who has scanned the brains of Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and Kendall Jenner. He is joined by Dr Terry Sejnowski, a pioneer in computational neuroscience and co-creator of the Boltzmann machine with Geoffrey Hinton, a groundbreaking neural network that helped lay the foundation for modern AI. MIT just announced that AI is rotting your brain?! Two world-leading experts break this study down and reveal how AI and ChatGPT could silently shrink your brain, kill creativity, and wreck your memory. They discuss:

• The evolutionary reason why ChatGPT is dangerous for your brain
• How ChatGPT trains your brain to avoid discomfort, and why that’s dangerous
• How using AI too early in life may block emotional growth and resilience
• The surprising reason AI might make you more anxious, not less
• Why brain reserve is your greatest defense against future decline
• The hidden mental cost of seeking “perfect” partners through robotics and artificial intimacy
• What you can do right now to protect your brain health in an AI-saturated world

⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:36 Terry's Background 03:18 Daniel Amen Introduction 04:19 MIT Study: ChatGPT and Reduced Brain Function 07:25 The Link Between ChatGPT and Dementia 10:52 Biggest AI Concerns Before Understanding Long-Term Consequences 19:32 What Does a Healthy Relationship with AI Look Like? 22:53 AI and Early Brain Development 25:26 AI Girlfriends 35:21 Why Struggle Is Good for Your Brain 37:07 Biggest Concerns with AI 40:09 ChatGPT Best Practices 44:50 Do We Still Need to Spell? 46:36 How Can We Learn Better? 48:16 How to Avoid Procrastination 51:56 Ads 53:58 Boosting Brain Health Without AI 57:41 Are We Raising Mentally Weak Kids? 58:30 Effects of Religion on the Brain 01:01:27 How to Build a Brain-Healthy Nation 01:03:38 Things That Are Bad for Your Brain 01:07:08 Artificial Sweeteners 01:08:50 Is Loud Noise Bad for Your Brain? 01:10:03 Ads 01:10:54 Multitasking 01:12:43 What’s Causing the Rise in ADHD? 01:15:50 Negativity in the Brain 01:18:14 The Top Tip for a Healthier Brain 01:20:51 Importance of Sleep for Brain Health 01:26:42 Are You Prepared for Your Next Health Challenge? Follow Dr Daniel: Instagram - https://bit.ly/45pGDHk X - https://bit.ly/4m8NtIz Website - https://bit.ly/4lhW9uS Podcast - https://apple.co/4op5WSz You can purchase Dr Daniel’s book, ‘Raising Mentally Strong Kids’, here: https://amzn.to/4bbDRKd Follow Dr Terry: X - https://bit.ly/4frO4T6 Salk Institute Academic Profile - https://bit.ly/3H3Sy5H Publications - https://bit.ly/4mbwrcS You can purchase Dr Terry’s book, ‘ChatGPT and the Future of AI: The Deep Language Revolution’, here: https://amzn.to/3YcGLXJ The Diary Of A CEO: ⬜️Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/ ⬜️Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook ⬜️The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt ⬜️The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb ⬜️Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt ⬜️Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Independent research: https://stevenbartlett.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/DOAC-Dr-Terry-Dr-Amen-debate-Independent-Research-further-reading-.pdf Sponsors: Stan Store - https://stevenbartlett.stan.store/ for your 30-day free trial Vodafone - Check out the first episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL1Swvp4X5w

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Dr Daniel Amen and Dr Terry Sejnowski, Drs. Amen & Sejnowski: How ChatGPT use raises dementia risk explores aI Convenience Versus Cognitive Decline: Brain Experts Sound Urgent Warning Two leading brain experts, psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen and computational neuroscientist Dr. Terry Sejnowski, discuss how large language models like ChatGPT may erode critical thinking, memory, and long‑term brain health if used as a cognitive replacement rather than a thinking partner.

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