In our course and book _Calling Bullshit_, we posit that If something seems too good, or too bad, to be true, it probably is. Now as a college professor I'm pretty confident that overreliance can AI can harm our thinking ability, but just ten minutes of use? Let's dig into this this study a bit.
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
news.berkeley.eduOct 11, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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