Barry Gordon

Natalia Kosmina, a Senior researcher at the MIT Media Lab and co-author of Your Brain on ChatGPT, joins Barry Gordon, Director of the Cognitive Neurology division at Johns Hopkins University. They discuss the cognitive impacts of AI writing tools, revealing how they may create 'cognitive debt' and influence critical thinking skills. The duo also explores the differences in brain activity between handwriting and typing, emphasizing the mental effort required for learning. Overall, they examine how AI may homogenize writing styles and alter cognitive processes in students.

Natalia Kosmina, a senior researcher at MIT specializing in AI's effects on cognition, and Barry Gordon, a director at Johns Hopkins University focusing on brain function, discuss how AI writing tools may dull our cognitive abilities. They explore a study revealing that using ChatGPT leads to reduced brain connectivity, impacting creativity and memory. The guests emphasize the importance of engaging our mental faculties before relying on AI, advocating for drafting ideas initially and using AI as a tool for refinement.