Flutterby™! : AI use & critical thinking

Microsoft Research: The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers

Moreover, while GenAI can improve worker efficiency, it can inhibit critical engagement with work and can potentially lead to long-term overreliance on the tool and diminished skill for independent problem-solving. Higher confidence in GenAI’s ability to perform a task is related to less critical thinking effort.

Via Pivot To AI: Microsoft research: Use AI chatbots and turn yourself into a dumbass

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

The Register: Some workers already let AI do the thinking for them, Microsoft researchers find