Using generative AI at work may impact the critical thinking skills of employees — and that’s according to Microsoft.
Researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University surveyed 319 knowledge workers in an attempt to study the impact of generative AI at work, raising concerns about what the rise of the technology means for our brains.
Concerns about the negative impact are valid, the report noted, with researchers pointing to the “deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved”.
That referenced research into the impact of automation on human work — which found that depriving workers of the opportunity to use their judgement left their cognitive function “atrophied and unprepared” to deal with anything beyond the routine.
Similar effects have also been noticed with reduced memory and smartphones, and attention spans and social media users.
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