Those predicting dramatic short-term economic impacts of AI seem to have the impression that because AI is so powerful, disruptive, and general purpose, it will be adopted rapidly. But wait a second. The more advanced, general-purpose and disruptive a technology is, the more

New work: Protecting Human Cognition in the Age of AI, with Anjali Singh Karan Taneja Klara Guan We claim that overreliance on GenAI models disrupt traditional learning pathways. We suggest best practices for better teaching, testing, and learning tools to restore these paths:

GenAI postdoc opening in our new CosmicAI, co-supervised with Jessy Li & Greg Durrett, work with partner Ai2: cosmicai.org/jobs/postdocge…. Priority deadline May 1st for full consideration. Good Systems NaturalSciences @ UT School of Information - UT Austin Computer Science at UT Austin UT Austin Research UT Linguistics Dept

H/T Anjali Singh for sending this pic. Every single day our paper seems more and more like a warning sign ;-; Automating away human oversight via cognitive laziness is in no one's best interests (other than maybe the model developer -- and even then what about liabilities?)

If you are interested in this kind of work and interested in graduate studies, I'm #hiring predocs. Details: ashwinrajadesingan.com/hiring please spread the word and RT!

NEW 🧵: Is human intelligence starting to decline? Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s. What should we make of this?

Excellent new paper on depth of learning from LLMs. Studies using large samples show LLMs like ChatGPT leads to shallower learning compared to using more traditional means like web search. When people rely on AI-synthesized answers, they develop less knowledge depth.🧵

Putting it out there - I'll be at #chi2025 but only around Sat night - Mon night, if you'd like to catch up! In particular, I'm interested in chatting with potential post-docs in the areas of AI and social media governance + human-AI agent / team-AI interaction. Email/DM me!!

🚨🚨 I’m looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join my lab at Harvard's Psychology Department starting Fall 2025!🚨📣 Please retweet/share widely, and spread the word to interested candidates! Application review begins April 30 Apply here: rb.gy/k7q9kf (1/2)

Tools for thought workshop at #CHI2025 underway! In session 1, fantastic set of ideas and perspectives on “ The impact of GenAI on cognition and workflows.” (also human likert scale icebreaker) #toolsforthought

Check out an article I wrote on *how* and *why* we need to help learners think deeply in an era where AI can do a lot of ‘thinking’ on their behalf.