The Word 'Permanent' Isn't in the Paper
A viral tweet says ChatGPT permanently damaged your creativity. It cites two real studies. Neither paper says that. A close reading of what got dropped between the abstracts and the post.
Cognitive-Load
Cognitive Load Moved. My Pre-Work Routine Had to Move With It.
I came across the 2014 Oppezzo & Schwartz paper on Twitter this morning and went looking for the wider literature. What I found describes a pattern I had been running unconsciously for months: walking from the studio to the kitchen when stuck, a ten-minute loop to pick up my son, the dog out for a quick pee. A decade of replication, applied to AI-assisted work.
From Cognitive Load to Cognitive Surrender
A Wharton paper gave a formal name to what I described three weeks ago: when AI thinks for you and you let it. The data is worse than I expected.