Whether it’s hours spent scrolling through TikTok or a good doomscroll across long, rambling X threads, we’re all guilty of engaging in one of life’s more recent trends: “brainrot”.
That rather intense phrase relates to a trend of declining cognitive concentration driven by short-form, attention-grabbing content. In other words, content is designed for a reduced attention span.
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But while humans are guilty of this, it turns out that we’re not the only ones. A team of scientists has found that data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-tested-the-best-free-ai-chatbots-these-are-the-ones-you-should-sign-up-for” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-tested-the-best-free-ai-chatbots-these-are-the-ones-you-should-sign-up-for”>AI…
