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EPISODE · Apr 29, 2026 · 47 MIN

Stop offloading the hard stuff to A.I.

from Think from KERA · host KERA

Many of us offload heavy thinking to A.I., and our brains are going soft in the process. Cal Newport, professor of computer science at Georgetown University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how employing computers to do our deepest thinking dulls our ability to concentrate and the things we can do right now to keep us sharp and alert. His recent essay published in The New York Times is “There’s a Good Reason You Can’t Concentrate.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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