Gen Z believes using AI is making their colleagues dumb and lazy, but may paradoxically see it as key to their own promotion, Wharton says
Last year, researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University revealed startling evidence about the impact of using AI on how—and how hard—people think, finding that among more than 300 knowledge workers, leaning too much on AI tools like ChatGPT was associated with diminished critical thinking skills.

TL;DR
- Researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University have studied AI's effect on thinking.
- Evidence suggests that over-reliance on AI tools like ChatGPT diminishes critical thinking skills.
- This finding is based on a study of over 300 knowledge workers.