As AI becomes a daily work tool , the real risk may not be losing our intelligence—but losing confidence in our own thinking. New research suggests the difference comes down to how actively we engage with the technology. In a study of nearly 2,000 working adults , researchers found that people who relied heavily on AI—especially those who accepted its answers without much modification—were more likely to say tools like ChatGPT , Claude , and Gemini were “doing the thinking” for them. Those same