AI isn’t coming for your job. It’s coming for your mind

Baillie Gifford

Tom Slater

Article

14 Pages

Baillie Gifford examines AI as a cognitive force that may reshape how people learn, judge, and build expertise. The article argues the risk is not just job loss, but passive AI use weakening memory, confidence calibration, and the apprenticeship paths that create human capital.

Key Takeaways

Memory Weakens Fast: In one MIT study, 83% of AI users could not quote essays they had written only minutes earlier.
Confidence Outruns Skill: A six month study found the gap between perceived and actual performance widened to nearly 35 percentage points.
Expertise Can Erode: After AI assistance, 19 experienced endoscopists saw detection rates fall 21% across more than 1,400 colonoscopies.
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