Today’s AI systems are powerful, and it’s natural to see them as having humanlike intelligence. Shaking that illusion is ...

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When this Gen Xer was growing up, the accepted, anti-Reefer Madness narrative about smoking weed was that a) it wasn’t addictive, and b) it was totally safe. Fast forward several decades, and we’ve ...

Researchers from University of California San Diego have found that teenagers who begin using cannabis show slower gains in thinking and memory skills as they grow. The study, published on April 20, ...

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As AI becomes a daily work tool, the real risk may not be losing our intelligence—but losing confidence in our own thinking. New research suggests the difference comes down to how actively we engage ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Next time you’re about to ask an AI chatbot to help you solve a hard problem, you might want to slow your roll. People who waited to consult an AI chatbot until they had partially worked through a ...

A top AI researcher says most people are using AI in ways that weaken thinking. Vivienne Ming's experiment found that only a small minority use AI to challenge and improve ideas. She says users should ...

Student use of AI for homework increased in 2025, even as more students are worried the technology may be harming their ability to think critically, according to a new RAND report. Between May and ...