Gerlich and MIT findings on cognitive offloading and critical thinking return to the spotlight
Several summaries in late September cite Michael Gerlich's 2025 study of 666 participants and the MIT "Your Brain on ChatGPT" paper, which link AI use to weaker critical thinking through cognitive offloading. The pieces also discuss the limits of the evidence and indirect evidence of moral deskilling.
Who is affected and how
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- Readers should distinguish between correlational and causal claims.
Sources
- Gerlich 2025: AI tools, cognitive offloading and critical thinkingmindmargin.org · Sep 28, 2026
- Cognitive Debt: AI and Critical Thinking at Schoolimpulseducacio.org · Sep 29, 2026
- AI and Critical Thinking: Why Your Brain Loves the Shortcutmargiewarrell.substack.com · Sep 28, 2026
- Is AI Rotting Your Brain? The Attention and Critical Thinking Trappiyushmehta.com · Sep 30, 2026
- This Is ChatGPT’s Effect on Your Brain, Critical Thinking: Researchentrepreneur.com · Oct 1, 2026
- AI and Cognitive Decline: is AI changing your brain?aiwithallie.com · Sep 28, 2026
- Breaking down the cognitive debt of AImarksmendaily.com · Sep 28, 2026
- The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinkingresearchgate.net · Oct 4, 2026
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