Your Brain on AI
We're living through a profound transformation in human cognition. As AI tools become as commonplace as calculators once were, our brains are adapting in real-time, creating measurable changes in how we think, remember, and solve problems.
While it’s easy to argue that “we’re getting more stupid because of AI,” the perspective is much more nuanced, and it has to do with the intimate relationship humans have with technology (tools).
Which wires our brains in a specific direction to enable us to make the best of these tools as a humanity.
In that context, we can’t look at lost ability in a narrow domain of the cognitive spectrum and conclude that a technology is bad (an error we often make each time a new technology comes along).
Instead, we should step back and examine the entire cognitive spectrum, considering what we lose and what we gain, as humanity's enhanced capabilities that come with new technology.
New research from MIT reveals that this isn't just a behavioral shift—it's a fundamental rewiring of our neural architecture.
