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Yes, use AI, but don’t let it use you #TEDTalks

Chatbots might help you get work done faster — but at what cost? When we outsource our reasoning to artificial intelligence, we reduce ourselves to “middle managers for our own thoughts,” says AI and design researcher Advait Sarkar. He examines the cognitive trade-offs of using AI at work and introduces a different kind of tool:…

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Chatbots might help you get work done faster — but at what cost? When we outsource our reasoning to artificial intelligence, we reduce ourselves to “middle managers for our own thoughts,” says AI and design researcher Advait Sarkar. He examines the cognitive trade-offs of using AI at work and introduces a different kind of tool: one that encourages critical thinking, nudges reflection and actually helps you get smarter.

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  1. @av17bestchannelonyoutube66

    January 17, 2026 at 2:33 pm

    *YES IT’S NOT!! IT MAKES US HUMAN*

  2. @heathersoper6923

    January 17, 2026 at 2:35 pm

    AI helped about my health showing me what steps to take. I will be forever grateful.

  3. @KeinKailus

    January 17, 2026 at 2:37 pm

    The irony here is YouTube giving the option to use the “speech-to-song” GenAI feature on this video.

  4. @alg003

    January 17, 2026 at 2:42 pm

    AI creates solutions for problems that doesnt exist. Once we have AI shoved down our throats, like we are right now, its the first information we will see. And it will be changed to whatever the bosses tell the coders to make it say.

    • @robertjansen6019

      January 18, 2026 at 3:06 am

      You are describing capitalism and democracy, not AI.

  5. @Itzasmores_

    January 17, 2026 at 3:03 pm

    Using AI to recognize patterns in health is as far as I want to go.

  6. @JamesE.Newman

    January 17, 2026 at 9:35 pm

    So what you’re saying is we’re raising up our replacements? Something that will think deeper?

  7. @thierryvankerm8474

    January 18, 2026 at 1:43 am

    AI-washing. TED has lost its soul…

  8. @PiotrKaszuba8403

    January 18, 2026 at 1:51 am

    AI is a tool, and like every tool, it has pros and cons. Everything depends on how it is used. AI is neither “bad” nor “good”, like any tool, it offers opportunities, but the outcome depends on the user. When used with critical thoughts, it can be very beneficial for many projects and daily life.

    Think of it as a compilation of information from many sources that you would otherwise need to find and read yourself, condensed into a more accessible form. Now imagine it as a human who is not always righ and like any human, can also be wrong. Therefore, you still need to actively use your brain to achieve a beneficial outcome. AI is not a magical tool with all the answers, but rather a source of prompts that can give you new perspectives to discuss and thing of.

    • @johnwick343

      January 18, 2026 at 1:36 pm

      A tool that can change the world. Let focus on its destruction of old social structures.

    • @PiotrKaszuba8403

      January 18, 2026 at 1:39 pm

      @johnwick343 Wasn’t that made by social media, if anything?

    • @johnwick343

      January 18, 2026 at 1:50 pm

      ​@PiotrKaszuba8403if you have realized that, you don’t really understand AI. It went from winning computer games then evolved into helping human in folding protein, “solving a decades-old challenge in biology”. It will change the way of the world more than anything that you could imagine.

    • @johnwick343

      January 18, 2026 at 1:50 pm

      ​​@PiotrKaszuba8403if you haven’t realized that, you don’t really understand AI. It went from winning computer games then evolved into helping human in folding protein, “solving a decades-old challenge in biology”. It will change the way of the world more than anything that you could imagine.

  9. @vultureculture7707

    January 18, 2026 at 3:56 am

    Don’t use generative AI, it’s that easy. We don’t need it. Also, anything from microsoft isn’t trustworthy, especially where data and privacy is concerned.

  10. @havenomercu12345

    January 18, 2026 at 9:41 am

    Noice.

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