{"id":180021,"date":"2026-01-20T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/on-developing-new-ways-of-thinking-to-adapt-to-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T13:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:25:15","slug":"on-developing-new-ways-of-thinking-to-adapt-to-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/on-developing-new-ways-of-thinking-to-adapt-to-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"On Developing New Ways of Thinking to Adapt to AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/experimentations\/202601\/on-developing-new-ways-of-thinking-to-adapt-to-ai\">On Developing New Ways of Thinking to Adapt to AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/experimentations\/202601\/on-developing-new-ways-of-thinking-to-adapt-to-ai\">https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/experimentations\/202601\/on-developing-new-ways-of-thinking-to-adapt-to-ai<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-20 12:48:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.psychologytoday.com\">www.psychologytoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AI&#8217;s potential to augment human cognitive abilities while also posing risks and challenges by potentially weakening certain cognitive skills.<\/li>\n<li>The analogy with past technologies, like writing, which have both diminished some cognitive abilities but also greatly expanded others.<\/li>\n<li>AI&#8217;s role as a &#8220;developmental object,&#8221; 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