From this recent paper at arXiv, not at all surprising:
"A central consequence is the possibility of runaway dynamics: once a critical threshold is crossed, small increases in adoption can trigger rapid population-level shifts toward persistent dependence, with abrupt losses in cognitive competence. [...] Our results highlight how LLM adoption may involve nonlinear collective transitions with important consequences for cognitive autonomy."
Translation: Its increasing use is destroying your critical independence and turning you into a literal Borg. Which is the intention of the Nerd Reich.
The paper does offer some tips to prevent full Borg: "It means preserving the practices and institutions that keep human cognition active: unaided problem solving, verification, critical discussion, periods of deliberate disengagement, maintenance of non-AI skills, and educational designs in which the model supports rather than completes the cognitive task."
"However, once persistent dependency has developed, the problem can no longer be addressed by educational design alone. Emerging work on problematic LLM use points to psychological and behavioral mechanisms related to loss of control, emotional regulation, cognitive biases, and habitual reliance, suggesting that behavioral self-regulation and, in more severe cases, psychological interventions such as cognitive-behavioral therapy may become relevant."
