New paper from researchers at #Microsoft & #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.”
Lee, Hao-Ping Hank, et al. "The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers." (2025).
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404 Media · Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.
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![work flow graphic - Phenology method flowchart. This flowchart is the overview of capturing the phenology training data for cheatgrass (BRTE [44]) and medusahead (TACA8)
(a) The methods for extracting high probability BRTE and TACA8 pixels
(b) the decision tree analysis development using exotic annual grass (EAG) training data from Benedict et al.
(c) developing the training data
(d) developing the phenology model.](https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/113/556/787/746/346/628/original/181cfc9bb3710e94.jpg "work flow graphic - Phenology method flowchart. This flowchart is the overview of capturing the phenology training data for cheatgrass (BRTE [44]) and medusahead (TACA8)
(a) The methods for extracting high probability BRTE and TACA8 pixels
(b) the decision tree analysis development using exotic annual grass (EAG) training data from Benedict et al.
(c) developing the training data
(d) developing the phenology model.")
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