# Q&A: How AI may affect thinking skills and society

DevFeed: [Q&A: How AI may affect thinking skills and society](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/q-a-the-collision-between-ai-your-brain-and-society-87564.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/collision-between-ai-your-brain-and-society-eric-so-book-1015>)

Author: Peter Dizikes | MIT News

Published: 2026-10-15T04:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [MIT AI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mit-ai-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [human review](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/human-review.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-and-society](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-and-society.md>), [ai-and-the-brain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-and-the-brain.md>), [ai-overuse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-overuse.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [books-and-authors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/books-and-authors.md>), [cognitive-atrophy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cognitive-atrophy.md>), [eric-so](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eric-so.md>), [faculty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faculty.md>), [interview](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interview.md>), [mit-sloan-school-of-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-sloan-school-of-management.md>), [q-a](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/q-a.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [society](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/society.md>), [technology-and-society](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology-and-society.md>), [the-collision](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/the-collision.md>)

## AI overview

MIT professor Eric So discusses his book on AI's effects on cognition, arguing that heavy reliance on AI may weaken learning and thinking skills. He recommends preserving cognitive effort and using AI as a tutor rather than only as an answer machine.

## Source excerpt

In a new book, Professor Eric So explores how the technology affects our thinking skills.