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Note: Our team is working closely with UNLEASH this year on a series of activities, including a quarterly column penned by yours truly. This is the first in the series as I bring research to show that the newest fad, generative AI, may have long-lasting and dangerous side effects.
What if the tools used by millions of people every day are actually eroding our ability to think?
One of the topics I’ve begun to incorporate into my speaking and education on artificial intelligence is the impact it can have on human cognitive skills and creativity. It’s a theme highlighted in my upcoming Artificial Intelligence for HR (3rd edition) that will be publishing later in 2025.
A number of different research efforts have begun to produce evidence that overreliance on AI can negatively affect our ability to think and innovate—a concerning prospect.
This happens in a variety of ways. For starters, imagine trying to build a house. You’re trying to put the roof on, but the walls were built quickly and with little effort. It’s likely that the roof will cave in or fall over because it doesn’t have a strong enough structure to hold it up.
That same scaffolding of
