Cognitive Science

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AI Tools Are Making Humans Think and Write More Alike, USC Study Finds

A new study from USC's Dornsife College finds that widespread use of AI writing and thinking tools is producing measurable homogenization in human-generated text — people who use AI regularly are producing output that is more similar to each other, and more similar to AI-generated text, than people who do not. The research adds empirical weight to a concern that has been largely theoretical in AI ethics circles.

D.O.T.S AI NewsroomApr 8, 20262 min read

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Researchers Warn of 'Cognitive Surrender': AI Users Are Abandoning Independent Reasoning When LLMs Are Available

A new study finds that access to LLM outputs significantly suppresses users' willingness to engage in independent logical thinking — even when they know the AI might be wrong. Researchers call the phenomenon 'cognitive surrender' and warn it may compound over time.

D.O.T.S AI NewsroomApr 4, 2026

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'Cognitive Surrender': Research Finds AI Users Are Willingly Outsourcing Their Thinking to LLMs

A new study finds that frequent AI users increasingly defer to LLM outputs without critical evaluation — a pattern researchers call 'cognitive surrender' that may have lasting effects on reasoning ability and intellectual autonomy.

D.O.T.S AI NewsroomApr 4, 2026