Аннотация:Recent research challenges the notion that digital offloading impairsmemory, suggesting instead that at least gist memory may stay intact. Drawing fromWalter Kintsch’s tripartite model of text comprehension, we hypothesize thatoffloading spares cognitive resources, thus not merely sparing gist memory, ratherimproving it. Our methodology involves two experiments testing memory retentionacross different levels of text comprehension, under conditions of anticipated textaccessibility, including the use of ChatGPT. Preliminary results from theseexperiments indicate comprehension level effect, with higher-order cognitiveprocesses benefiting more from offloading. Although pilot data has no statisticalsignificance, they hint at a potential advantage of digital offloading for gist memory,challenging traditional perceptions of memory decline due to technological reliance.The ongoing research aims to further elucidate the impact of digital offloading onmemory processes, potentially shaping future hybrid cognitive architectures wherehuman creativity and AI-driven memory retention coalesce.
