In the Media

Prof. Eric So’s new book, “The Collision: What AI Does to Us,” applies research from “the fields of behavioral science and neuroscience to argue that AI, especially generative AI tools like chatbots, can cause many of us to suffer from ‘cognitive atrophy’,’’ which can deteriorate our independent thinking skills, writes New Scientist’s Tom Knowles. “When we hand students AI tools before they’ve built their own cognitive foundations, we may be preventing those essential connections from ever forming properly,” warns So in his book.