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.
