(IAI.tv - Oct 7, 2026) --
AI is hurting our ability to think
7th October 2026
Minh-Hoang Nguyen
| Researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Social Research, Phenikaa University.1,230 words
Read time: approx. 6 mins
An MIT study found that using AI leaves us more ignorant, yet more certain of our own arguments, reducing our capacity to think even as it leaves us more convinced we are well informed. Here Minh-Hoang Nguyen argues this is a new kind of brain rot: a literal degradation of our ability to think, and a new form of intellectual cowardice. Only by allowing ourselves room to be stupid can we reclaim the courage to think for ourselves.
