When AI Thinks for You, Your Brain Pays the Price
Managers are warned that without "double literacy"—skills in both human interaction and machine logic—organizations risk accumulating serious cognitive debt as AI use accelerates. Experts advise a four‑part framework of Attitude, Approach, Ability, and Ambition to ensure AI complements rather than undermines creativity, memory, and critical thinking.
Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D. writes for Psychology Today
Over four months, students who leaned on a large-language model to draft SAT‑style essays showed the weakest neural connectivity, lowest memory recall, and flattest writing style of three comparison groups. The authors dub this hidden cost ‘cognitive debt’: Each time we let a machine think for us, natural intelligence quietly pays interest.
They emphasize rewarding staff who master both languages—human and machine—to transform cognitive debt into a long‑term creative dividend.