How To Stop AI From Making You Stupid - Sergei Guriev

Do you ask AI for the answer before you've even thought about the question? You might be losing the ability to think. Sergei Guriev is the Dean of London Business School and the former Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and he studies how social media and disinformation change what we believe. We're having a conversation about cognitive atrophy, why the internet is built so you have no time to think, and why trust is about to become the scarcest thing in the world. In this episode, you'll learn: ■ How AI causes cognitive atrophy: when you get to the answer right away, you stop practising reasoning and judgment, and he says that's how students waste their time at university. ■ The skills employers want now: people who ask the right questions, challenge AI and each other, and orchestrate teams. Not people who just ask an AI tool. ■ How to take back control of your feed: switch X from "For You" to "Following" and "Recent". He admits it's boring, because you stop getting the dopamine. ■ Why social media should be treated like alcohol: "we don't allow kids to buy alcohol, why should we allow them to be addicted to this information?" ■ Why trust is the scarcest commodity: AI can now do the analysis, but your name on the report and your reputation can't be automated. ■ How great leaders decide when nobody has the answers: share your assumptions, admit you might be wrong, and never throw your team under the bus. This episode is in partnership with the World Economic Forum at the Annual Meeting of Global Future Leaders 2026, in the Davos on Air Studio. 🔗 LINKS → Sergei Guriev at London Business School: https://www.london.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/s/sergei-guriev → Sergei's website and research: https://sites.google.com/site/sguriev/ 📱 MORE FROM DOONE → Join 160,000+ women on my free newsletter: the best opportunities to apply for, plus the routines and habits from every episode: https://female-startup-club.beehiiv.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=sergei_guriev → Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@imagineifwithdoone → Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dooneroisin