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Mirta Fagundes - AI Brain Rot?
Episode 44
Monday, 1 December, 2025
In this episode of the Black Belt in Thinking podcast, Peter Cronin sits down with Mieta Fagundes, Team Lead for AI at a major Australian tech company, to unpack the increasingly popular (and misunderstood) idea of “AI brain rot.” They explore the two very different meanings behind the term: the slow erosion of thinking skills when people rely too heavily on AI tools, and the social-media-fuelled version of “brain rot” linked to endlessly scrolling shallow, hyper-optimized content. Together they discuss how AI dependence can stunt skill development, the behavioural science behind doom-scrolling, and why platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and even children’s content like Cocomelon are engineered to trigger reinforcement loops in the brain. The conversation blends AI, behaviour psychology, and cultural trends to illuminate why attention spans are shrinking—and what we can do about it.
