'AI Rot' Enters the Cultural Lexicon as Dependency Backlash Grows

A viral meme about 'protecting my brain from AI rot' captures growing anxiety about cognitive atrophy from over-reliance on AI tools.

A meme posted by @6ARKS — "actively protecting my brain from AI rot genuinely feels like this" — went massively viral, resonating with a growing cultural anxiety about what happens to human cognition when AI handles an increasing share of thinking tasks. The post is a joke, but the engagement suggests it's tapping into something real.

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