The People Who Will Thrive in the AI Age
The Atlantic 3 months ago 24 ● 3 sources
Workers adopted AI tools that intensified their work rather than reducing it, with email and messaging time doubling and business software use rising 94 percent. Research from MIT Media Lab found that brain connectivity declined by 55 percent when using ChatGPT compared to performing similar tasks without it, and cognitive effort dropped roughly 40 percent. This shift creates three groups: those with low cognition needs who become less capable, those with medium needs who get seduced into overreliance despite good intentions, and those with high needs who use AI to expand their capacities rather than reduce effort.