ChatGPT Use Cut Student Cognitive Capacity, Study Finds - Graziela Tonin

What does it actually mean to unlearn something, and why does that question matter as much as learning new skills right now? With Graziela Tonin I talk about how universities, companies, and individuals are struggling to find their footing in a world where AI can write code, run tests, and sometimes outperform human decision-making. We get into the research showing that students who offload thinking to AI tools lose cognitive capacity rather than gain it, and what that means for how knowledge should be taught and shared. I keep coming back to her point that the rarest and most durable skills are not the technical ones: critical thinking, ethical behavior, knowing how to work in a team, and knowing how to learn at all. She also reminds me that the environment does not need us, we need it, and that is probably the sharpest piece of unlearning any of us could do right now.