Using AI for short periods impairs users' ability to focus and persist with difficult tasks.

"The findings backed up what anecdotes and surveys have increasingly found in recent years: An overreliance on AI for answers erodes our cognitive fitness." https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/using-ai-for-just-10-minutes-erodes-your-ability-to-persist-at-hard-things/

Spending just 10 minutes relying on an AI tool impairs the user's ability to focus and persist with difficult tasks. The peer-reviewed findings backed up anecdotes and survey findings in recent years: An overreliance on AI for answers erodes our cognitive fitness. #AI https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/using-ai-just-10-minutes-erodes-your-ability-persist-hard-things