{"id":8696,"date":"2025-02-13T04:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T04:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/775312687128264704-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:21:50","slug":"775312687128264704-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/775312687128264704-2\/","title":{"rendered":"775312687128264704"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf='{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/microsoft-study-finds-relying-on-ai-kills-your-critical-thinking-skills-2000561788\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/microsoft-study-finds-relying-on-ai-kills-your-critical-thinking-skills-2000561788\",\"title\":\"Microsoft Study Finds Relying on AI Kills Your Critical Thinking Skills\",\"description\":\"Researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University warn that the more you use AI, the more your cognitive abilities deteriorate.\",\"site_name\":\"Gizmodo\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"549057745fac141d63825ebb9ba89f9a:96529148367097dd-0e\",\"type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1000}]}'><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/microsoft-study-finds-relying-on-ai-kills-your-critical-thinking-skills-2000561788\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Study Finds Relying on AI Kills Your Critical Thinking Skills<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe study does not dispute the idea that there are situations in which AI tools may improve efficiency, but it does raise warning flags about the cost of that. By leaning on AI, workers start to lose the muscle memory they\u2019ve developed from completing certain tasks on their own. They start outsourcing not just the work itself, but their critical engagement with it, assuming that the machine has it handled. 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