Think It Through Using artificial intelligence instead of the real thing seems, per a new study, to actually be atrophying folks' mental faculties. As flagged by the fine folks at 404 Media, this new research from Carnegie Mellon and Microsoft — yes, the same company that invested nearly $14 billion into OpenAI and is essentially subsidizing the ChatGPT-maker — suggests that the more people use AI, to less critical thinking they do. "Used improperly, technologies can and do result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved," the human-computer interaction researchers wrote. "A key irony of automation […]