Letting AI do your work erodes your confidence, according to a new study

TIME — 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 participants also reported lower confidence in their own reasoning and a weaker sense of ownership over their ideas.