Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”

February 10, 2025

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(404 Media) – Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.

A new paper from researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University finds that as humans increasingly rely on generative AI in their work, they use less critical thinking, which can “result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved.” (Read More)