Asking AI to disagree with you may improve your work

Instead of asking AI to do your work, consider asking it to challenge your work. Evidence suggests that heavy reliance on generative AI can reduce critical thinking and erode job skills. The problem of “cognitive offloading”—being too quick to outsource our mental workload to AI—can also lead to shoddy, subpar work. But knowledge workers who use AI correctly can still gain a significant edge, writes University of Massachusetts (Amherst) Professor Monideepa Tarafdar in The Conversation. The key is to create “friction” by having AI challenge your ideas. Researching opposing viewpoints has alw...