A new paper warns of the dangers of people blindly adopting AI results in what researchers call "cognitive surrender." The lead author believes that with careful adoption, AI can improve education and boost learning. But he says the stakes are high for getting AI right in teaching.
 
<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6097646" rel="noopener noreferrer">"Thinking—Fast, Slow, and Artificial: How AI is Reshaping Human Reasoning and the Rise of Cognitive Surrender,"</a> by Steven D. Shaw and Gideon Nave.
"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thinking, Fast and Slow,</a>" by Daniel Kahneman. 
Steven Shaw's <a href="https://www.whyweconsume.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">webiste</a>.
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<description>&lt;p&gt;A new paper warns of the dangers of people blindly adopting AI results in what researchers call "cognitive surrender." The lead author believes that with careful adoption, AI can improve education and boost learning. But he says the stakes are high for getting AI right in teaching.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6097646" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;"Thinking—Fast, Slow, and Artificial: How AI is Reshaping Human Reasoning and the Rise of Cognitive Surrender,"&lt;/a&gt; by Steven D. Shaw and Gideon Nave.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;"&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Thinking, Fast and Slow,&lt;/a&gt;" by Daniel Kahneman. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Steven Shaw's &lt;a href="https://www.whyweconsume.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;webiste&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Episode sponsor: &lt;a href="https://studiosity.com/learningcurve" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Studiosity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;EPISODE CREDITS:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reported and produced by Jeff Young&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Music by Komiku&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;©Copyright 2026 Learning Curve Productions LLC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

A new research study has gone viral for warning of the dangers of “cognitive surrender,” when people blindly adopt AI results. Jeff talked to the study’s co-author, Steven Shaw of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. It turns out the scholar embraces AI in his own research, and believes that with careful adoption, the technology can improve education and boost learning. Although, he says, “there will be growing pains.”

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The AI Optimist Researching ‘Cognitive Surrender’

The AI Optimist Researching ‘Cognitive Surrender’

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