Phoebe Yu

How to use AI without rotting the brain

Start building with Lovable today: https://lovable.link/VKbxItZ #lovablepartner Photography portfolio: https://preview--stoastudio-portfolio-peek.lovable.app/ --- AI permeates every corner. We can't control its spread, but we can control how we use it. How do we use AI without breaking our brains? Today, I spoke with Advait Sarkar, a Microsoft AI researcher and lecturer at the University of Cambridge, to understand the science behind using AI in a way that augments, rather than weaken our critical thinking skills. Timestamps 0:00 ~context~ 0:52 Strategy 1 2:07 Strategy 2 3:25 Lovable 4:37 Habit 1 5:47 Habit 2 Sources https://advait.org/ https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872 https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.09692 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lee_2025_ai_critical_thinking_survey.pdf https://www.debonogroup.com/services/core-programs/six-thinking-hats/