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Windows Central
Windows Central
Technology
Kevin Okemwa

Is an overreliance on Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT negatively impacting our cognitive skills and making us dumber?

A man seated on a desk using a computer with a pile of files.

AI-powered chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot are increasingly gaining traction and being integrated into our day-to-day activities. The lack of regulation and guardrails to govern this technology is highly alarming for users. Nevertheless, these tools can tap into new and unexploited opportunities, ultimately scaling impressive heights. 

We already have a rough idea of how people are using Microsoft Copilot. However, a recent poll shared on Windows Central revealed that half of our polled readers don't find the chatbot particularly useful, despite Microsoft's relentlessness in incorporating the tool across most of its products and services. It might even begin appearing like an AI genie if you subtly the taskbar icon on Windows 11.

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