{
  "id": 11654612,
  "title": "2 AI habits that can weaken your critical thinking, according to a BCG exec",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/2-ai-habits-that-can-weaken-your-critical-thinking-according-to-a-bcg",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-03T09:50:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/bcg-exec-shares-ai-habits-weaken-critical-thinking-2026-10"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "David Martin, a Boston Consulting Group executive, cautioned against two AI habits that can weaken critical thinking skills. The first habit is relying on AI summaries, which can lead to a loss of ability to answer follow-up questions and grasp the finer details of the material. The second habit is using AI for core business tasks, which can result in outsourcing strategic and expert work. Martin suggested that organizations should implement concrete plans to address deskilling, but only one in ten companies have done so. Employees should proactively protect their skillsets by applying critical thinking even when AI provides a summary, and taking a break from AI every quarter to prove they can still perform their job at the same level without the technology.",
  "summary": "BCG's global lead of people and organization said he thinks there's an \"existential risk\" of deskilling.",
  "key_points": [
    "Relying on AI summaries can weaken ability to answer follow-up questions and grasp finer details.",
    "Using AI for core business tasks leads to outsourcing strategic and expert work.",
    "Only one in ten companies have implemented plans to address deskilling."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}